Flightlevel001
But its certainly not designed, neither should it be, a cheap route into the airlines!
I think you would be very,very surprised at just how many of our boys and gals in Green, light or Dark Blue flying around in our 'planes/helicopters from the cheapest bidder' have the opinion that what they are doing is a fun stepping stone to the retirement airline career.
The military lifestyle is what you make it. Myself and many former colleagues of mine had a whale of a time in the military and having such a marketable skill outside of the services cuts an awful lot of slack.
Airline flying is dull, very dull but it pays the bills hence I do it. My fun comes from flying helicopters on my days off and the knowledge that I had a blast in my previous life. Now, back to the ILS into CDG 29R, yawn.