I did. If I'd got in the year I'd applied I would have been eligible to join QF at the beginning of '04. Instead, at the beginning of '04 I'd been in QF for 9 years and a F/O on the 767 for seven of those years.
I'm disappointed that I never got to experience the military flying and lifestyle but there is more to life than regretting things for ever. Of course, being a Christian and understanding that there is a LOT more to 'life' than justs a 'job' is the foundation of that.