The airforce will spend over a million pound training you to become a pilot, commercial aviation you will have to spend £45,000-70,000 of your own money on training.
I would say military and commercial salary are similar, deppending how high up the ladder you go.
Military is much harder to get into thant commercial aviation, job security in military is much better than it is in the commercial world. However, military guys must be prepared to work damn hard! Training is very hard, theres a chance you could be spending 6months overseas.
Hard one I would say. For me, I would try and get into the military if you don't get in then you could try the commercial world.