Getting back to the addendum for a minute and the part about being downgraded; here is the question:

"15. Have you ever been the subject of an evaluation board or been removed from flight status, downgraded, or failed any portion of flight training either civilian or military?"

I have been downgraded from FO to FE due to staffing issues, so for me the answer to this question if taken literally is "yes". However, when the entire question is taken in context one would take it as meaning downgraded for performance reasons.

Right now I have it checked as "yes", but I don't want to raise any unnecessary eyebrows either.

Any suggestions?