Spawny
absolutely right fella. Take a look at the thread about FRI, seems to be a fair focus on cash there....
Banter here is harsh, don't take it personally, you are just posting at a different stage of life to most of the rest of us. When I went to Biggin Hill, there was no interweb so there were no fora like this to bone up on stuff and ask questions. At least you have taken the time to do a bit of research.
Ignore the stuff that seems like it is personal, but it is just HUGELY unusual to get someone asking very simple questions when they haven't decided what they want to do at Uni - to some of us that just smacks of a lack of commitment to the job we all pretend we don't love anymore.
Whatever anyone here says, being aircrew is one of the best jobs in the World. Being a dentist makes you loads of cash...you decide