Guys and girls on the managed path still have to jump through all the hoops to get into BA, they don’t just appear as if by magic.
Being in the military these days is as much about management (certainly in the Fleet Air Arm and army, not so sure about the RAF) as it is about flying so these folk are coming into companies with that experience as well.
Not sure why there is such hostility towards those who chose to serve, how would you suggest they get a civvy job on leaving? These are experienced aviators with lots of life experience and the proven ability of man management, I say let’s cut them some slack, there really aren’t that many out there anymore and if BA value them, good.
As for cabsav stating excellent ex military guys are the exception not the rule, beg to differ, since leaving the forces 10 years ago I have only flown with 1 ex service pilot who I thought shouldn’t be there (and he was exVC10’s).