Wow, I'll trade you some flight test desk hours for some of your AF turbine time any day. I guess you're tired of flying as your primary duty or you would be looking for a test pilot job you already qualify for. It sounds like you are over-qualified for an entry level FTE job, but I guess you know that already. Another thought I have had for my own sake, is to take a course or even a seminar on flight test techniques to perk up my resume. Another thing that would be highly useful is continued education on coding, the young FTEs these days are all computer code-heads. Java, Matlab, etc.

Since you are having trouble getting your foot in the first FTE door, you may want to try starting with something else you can get hired to do, then move laterally within the company towards an FTE job if you prefer that. I am probably headed in the same direction lately, and not many FTE positions are being filled right now in the US (I see a few in Canada with Bombardier), so I am looking at things like FT aircraft readiness coordinator, FT safety manager, etc. A large FT organization such as Bombardier has lots of jobs and all you need to do is be willing to out in some time in another role for a while to get your foot in the door. I suspect what happens is they see you are targeting them for anything at all, then they start trying to see where you can fit in and they may even make a job for you.

Apply to both the direct company positions and contracted positions through contract houses. I have found that contract jobs are far better paid and sometimes even have better conditions attached.