Can you join the TA eqv in the RAF as an officer, with specialist skills in controlling, and do that for the "fun and energetic" bit of life... wouldn't be able to do it for a while, whilst training, I suspect, but it gives one pension, one payscale to climb etc....
I'm sure other people on here, (ie those who've been in the RAF, or are in NATS
) will have more of a clue...
James.