ikea be careful answering queries from parts of the world you're not intimately familiar with. I'm sure your advice is quite correct for a UK-based wannabe, but our friend croce is in Australia. Even after several years handing out advice here, I do not feel qualified to offer advice on something as specific as education to someone so far from my own experience. While your observations may be of interest to croce, do you know what Australian or Asian airlines require? Let those who know the Australian system answer the question.
Scroggs