Goudie, am pretty sure that is still the case.
Utter stupidity if you ask me, once you have become commissioned there is no way back if it all goes belly up in training or like your pal the job is taken away, just throwing away perfectly good people, good people who were brave enough to show ambition. Madness
What, once you've been through the Cranwell sausage factory you will never be the same? lol well apart from the labotomy and spine removal
Know of a few guys who came from GC to Airman aircrew training, failed and went straight back to rank and trade, why not for O's??