I found this article from 2003. It seems to suggest that because pilots have basic flying skills they could be called up to fly military aircraft.
This was during the war with Iraq.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...icle809668.ece
Is it true that even if you never had any dealings with the military they can order you out there? I don't see how they can if you are a tax payer that coughed up almost £100k of your own money (albeit borrowed from a bank), to become a pilot with no government assistance whatsoever.