LOL...told you this one was on its way south....
Not quite true. A civilian licence is required; lots of pilots have been hired directly out of the military, with the odd hour on a pc for the licence or rating......Think Safair in the good ol'days, for example. Plus a lot of chopper jocks
Your not gonna get hired straight out of the SAAF in SA anymore, those days are long gone. Think its only the traditional RAF retirement villages(BA and CX) that still do that.