no longer plain civilians
What Milk Chocolate Civilians then?
Under the International Laws of Armed Conflict (embodied in the UK under the Geneva Conventions Act) there's actually no half-way house... You can be either civilian or service.
An AvO's TCoS are undoubtedly on a civilian basis, true they hold a Reserve Commission (in the RAFR Civilian Component, to be precise) and can be subject to Air Force Law, but their terms of employment are iaw Civil Service Regulations.
(Plans123 Ref. your SGB comment, a lot of places still use the old archaric job title... doesn't mean they're right to do it, the correct title is E1 or E2. If your information is 3yrs out-of-date is it wise to post it?)
Final thought... "Inside every Serviceman and woman there's a civilian waiting to get out"