[Brad]

The recruiter doesn't get any extra credit for signing up a Warrant Officer - it's much less hassle for him to fill his quota with enlistees. Sometimes it's not mere laziness - the recruiter I dealt with just didn't really know the process and didn't want to spend the time finding out (right now the Army and Marines are really pushing to fill their requirements, so recruiters are pretty loaded with work).

The reason they're asking if you'll enlist if you don't make it is that they want to have the reassurance that their time's not being wasted on you if you don't make it to flight training. As long as they're BSing you, BS back - tell him you'll consider enlisting if you don't make it, but you expect to make it. Once you get through the AFAST and have your packet submitted it will be out of the recruiter's hands anyway - it'll be up to the Board after that.