Originally Posted by
parabellum
Utter bollocks! The attrition rate throughout the process from the eye muscle balance test right through to 'wings' is such that there is unlikely to be a surplus of applicants, so no question of Harry taking anyone else's place. No idea what the internal requirement of the AAC is for selection to go on the Apache but suffice to say, given the role of the aircraft and that it was on active service, there would have been no room for 'passengers', every pass would be a genuine pass.
Careful you don't drown in your own bile Tony_SLF.
It must be down to those superior Windsor genes that not one member of the royal family that wanted it has ever failed to be selected for pilot training, and then passed with flying colours and gone on to be a top-notch aviator. Not one.