The RAF does give you excellent training but beware – it doesn’t translate into a ‘civil’ qualification/license! That you will have to do off your own back; unfortunately I couldn’t afford the courses when I left the RAF so had to leave my passion and take a ‘normal’ job.
I did get an interview with one company, based at Cranfield then, and was shown an engineering drawing of a wing of a light aircraft they were working on. When asked to identify a particular section of the structure on trestles by the interviewer who stabbed his finger at an area on the drawing I happily obliged, no problem. Well there was, I got it right but it took him a few minutes of discussion to realise I was. Obviously I didn’t get the job 🙂
In the end I was able to enjoy old aircraft as a hobby by helping out with a local aviation group, static airframes only though.
Remember that if you join the services that you are committing yourself for a minimum term and a lot can happen in that time.
I wish you the very best of luck, just wish I’d had the opportunity.
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