DFly
Please beware!
A few years back I was "invited" to the then PMC for a career brief. At that time the NCA desk still had a man of honour on it, he was a Sqn Ldr Loadie at the time.
Also present that day were two ex RN observers who had transferred across to be Loadmasters. They had been promised a number of things most importantly to them, was that their previous time served would count for seniority and flying pay purposes.
Needless to say these promises turned out to be completely worthless and as the man of honour said to them, if it's not in writing it simply doesn't exist. He was unable to assist them further, coming to a major block at 1* and above.
So please before you jump make sure you know exactly what's on offer.
I know that they both had to complete the AAITC despite having been CPO's in the RN.
But as I say this was circa 2002.
Regards
TG