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If anyone's actually desperate enough to consider applying to BA through the ex service military managed path, please note that according to their current adverts, there's very little on offer to a soon-to-be-ex service pilot bar the free uniform, unless there's a stealth deal going.
There's currently no recruitment direct onto longhaul for anyone. Long haul may become available after your initial five-year freeze but it requires vacancies and seniority bidding as well.
This is what's on offer as of 22 July -
https://careers.ba.com/military-scheme
DEC at Gatwick. This is a shoo-in for all soon-to-be-ex service pilots who have 3500 hrs total
and 1000 hrs PiC on the A320 etc. Number of UK service pilots likely to qualify for this -
around zero.
Direct Entry F/O - A320 at LHR. - you need 500 hours or 100 sectors on the A320 or 1500 hours on an aircraft type that satisfies ZFTT and have flown this type in the last 12 months. If you can meet the 1500 hr ZFTT requirement, you will be competing blind for exactly the same job and seniority with candidates for BA's other scheme which is hiring kids who have a bare commercial and >£100k training debt.
And by the way - the recruitment process may take ages unless there's a secret accelerator for service pilots that avoids any lengthy holdover pool while BA micro-tinkers with the hiring budget and their inadequate training capacity. Just what you need when you're about to become unwaged.
You wonder why BA bother with schemes like this. Is it to make them feel or look good about looking after our veterans, or are they hoping to acquire a bit of experience on the cheap ?
A service pilot would probably be better off anywhere else - except be careful of having to pay for your type-rating and be wary of any longhaul cruise pilot offers.
Good luck - LFH
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