i"ve applied to join the APAT team. I know I"ve only an outside chance anyway (although there"s always the random pick!), but some of the posts on here made me seriously consider withdrawing my application altogether this afternoon, as I couldn"t help but think that if I was lucky enough to be offered a place there will be a significant number of people who would think it was undeservedt. But, I thought about it, and it"s up to Steve what criteria he uses to select the team, and when he announces it imo. No one should be a shoe in, and, imvho, everyone who is part of APAT should feel able to put their name forward regardless of how high their APAT profile and how good their results are. I think it would be helpful if everyone else stopped trying to do the captain"s (already very difficult) job for him, and if anyone else has been put off applying, I would urge you to go for it!
