this is a topic i've been doing a lot of thinking about recently.
my situation is that I'm doing a gap year and have a place to study an engineering uni course next year. however i'm set on being a pilot so trying to weigh up the pros and cons of actually doing this degree.
the aspect that i'd be interested to hear comments on would be that of time. whilst i know that gaining an engineering degree will give me a good backup career, is spending 4 years doing this going to hurt my chances of getting a pilot job? any of you lucky pilots out there have any experience of this?
i know for one thing that the old BA sponsorship had an upper age limit (26??) and so anything that comes along in the future may also have one.
any comments or experiences which could help my decision?