My word, is this topic still droaning on. It is the same as any job, a friend recently finished a 5 year course, doing dentistry, he comes out and has to apply for vocational training at a practice. On the open day for one of the practices there were over 150 people, for just ONE place. Welcome to the real world, just get your training done then worry about it, people retire and leave companies weekly, just focus on your training!!!
As for going to the RAF, well, if you want to be a commercial pilot ultimately in my honest opinion you're wasting your time. Nowadays you're tied to the RAF for a reasonable length, the training is nothing alike, and once you leave you still have to go on conversion courses and pay all the fees to fly commercial planes!