Guys,
You can get your fATPLs without a university education - you cannot enter a graduate trainee scheme without it.
Go to university, enjoy it for what it is (life experience with no responsibilities, meet members of the opposite sex etc) and have a good time.
Then when once you've got the qual you will be in a position to follow a career that needs the qual and also those that don't....but you can't do it the other way round!
Take it from someone who thought long and hard about this a long time (and now has more than a few letters after his name).
Good luck
G
