RFG you must be an Instructor or have close ties to the Instructing Industry??
I dont agree with you. I hardly think that there would be many degrees worth 75,000 g's at uni. And even if there was, like you said its on 'HECS', meaning that you dont pay it off until you start earning the money. Unlike aviation. You will be stuck paying off $60,000- $75,000 for the first 7 years regardless. If your talking Law, or Doctor, of course its expensive. But there is more opportunities, the industry is more stable and you can still have a life at least, living at home!! You dont have to buy endorsements and earn below the poverty line. And if you dont practice law for 2 to 3 years, id imagine that you could jump straight back into it, without having to pay more money for renewals and refresher flights and all the bull**** associated costs that go with being out of flying for an extended period of time!!
Just a thought or two anyways......................!!