Prof,
Mr Pandora brought home more in his bonus than I did in the whole of last year. I am an FO for BA. Mr Pandora is an IT consultant who works for a company contracts out to BA. You will never earn more as a pilot (unless you become a Delta captain
) as you will in IT. But lets face it, MS2000 is nothing like the real thing, and Mr Pandora doesn't get staff travel.
Do a PPL and thing about whether you could take a pay cut to about 20k (BA cadet salary after training deductions)