Is it toughto get into the AAC, full stop? Even as ground crew etc?
I've just put an application in for the RAF, but have a feeling my eyesight will let me down. You never know til you try though, fingers crossed.
As for this thread, i was looking into a similar issue a while ago and the general impression i got was that yes, it is possible to do that sort of thing but it is pretty much frowned upon and not very common. Maybe you'd have to be exceptional and really excel for them to allow it.