I was speaking to an FO from Ryanair who had recently left the AAC to become an airline pilot.
He was promised time after time the opportunity to become flight crew and never did, they kept telling him they guarantee he would be going to aircrew after a tour in Iraq or Afghan, but when he came back he wouldn't hear anything.
Got sick of it and went into civi flying.
I was looking at the RN, but I think it's a single mans career very hard to do when you have a family to look after.