on a bit of a random tangent, especially from someone else looking at a career in aviation, check out
www.erac.com, the recruitment page for enterprise rent a car.
Enterprise have excellent opertunities for degree graduates on their management training program. You could then fly in your own time, keeping the fun element.
Salaries start above what you are looking for as a min, and there is no maximum limit! The limits are self imposed.
Just a though, I temp with them at the moment, and its an excellent back up. The work aint hard either.
If you do join them, quote 5581R!