Somewhat old news....
Brian Poulton has been with Airbus for years. Primarily with the A400M programme.
However, there are restrictions which normally apply to retired Air Officers such as Keith Filbey which prevent them working in the defence industry for a certain minimum period after they retire.
And Brit bus driver, the A310 MRTT programme for the GAF/CF is coming along quite nicely. First one flew about a month ago; ground integration tests on the new equipment items start shortly......