An RAF spokesperson said: “We have enough people to meet all of our commitments and help keep Britain safe.
“It is understandable that commercial airlines will try to recruit from our dedicated and highly skilled pilots.
“However, we are confident the RAF will be able to recruit and retain enough personnel to man all its current squadrons and commitments.”
This is the comedy quote for me! Really? Presumably they asked the cleaner at High Wycombe.
Does seem a strange decision to print the advert in RAF News but then that publication has always been a trifle odd. Then again they're probably entirely safe to publish as almost no one in the RAF reads it.