I hope you're not implying that the RAF is ageist LFFC? Well we all know the reality don't we!!
As you say, assimilation is becoming very hard at present. I know of someone who even went off and did the Aerosystems Course, but even with that under his belt, it's looking like the RAF won't be keeping him in.
It's all very short-sighted though in my opinion. I've never heard so many people talking about getting out as I have at the moment; most wouldn't want aaimilation even if they were offered it. I can see the wheels well and truly coming off the bus sometime in the next 5 years. TELIC dragging on and on seems to be proving the final straw for a lot of people. I wonder how many of them have been getting the "It's the RAF or me" ultimatum.