thanks for your opinion.
At the moment I'm leaning towards getting an apprenticeship. To most apprenticeships in NZ you need to do the 2 year aircraft engineering pre-employement course at polytech which counts as time towards getting a liscense. In NZ you need a minimum of 4 years experience to get a liscense so after doing an apprenticeship for a few years you only have to the exam to get a liscence.
So getting a liscence through an apprenticeship will only take a short time longer than going to university. Although I won't have a degree I won't have a big student loan.