Had a "conversation" with a recruitment "consultant" a couple of years ago and was told, "perfect fit" blah, blah---then came the "oh dear, I see you were only an airman
I ran a recruitment project for a large Swedish telecoms co about 7 years ago and they hired a bunch of former RN and RAF NCOs and were thrilled with them all. Spoke to one of them recently - he's on £120,000