lizardbreath, bighedsmallface probably asked if you were for real after reading your poor paragraph construction and punctuation and the fact that you imply you wear your boots downtown for them to get stepped on by 'pedestrians' and your apparent claim to rank on the basis of holding a degree. (phew, long sentence and no capitals)
by the way student officers graduate as pilot officers then get automatically regraded as flying officers after about 4 days and officer cadets get totally shafted by spending far too many years as acting pilot officers and then pilot officers (about 6 years to get to flight lieutenant)