Not surprised to read how many rocks made the transfer to aircrew. I suspect that many, like myself, had originally applied for aircrew but got knocked back by OASC for various reasons (in my case eyesight). I then decided that of the alternatives, RAF Regiment sounded a lot more fun than Secretarial or Equipment etc and so it turned out. I never regretted my time as a rockape, I got some great postings (Singapore and Hong Kong) and not many 20 year olds get a chance to run a flight of 80 men, which I did at Seletar. I think once you had got a few years in, their airships were more inclined to take a chance on you as potential aircrew than they were when you were straight from civvy street, and so it was when I reapplied.