You'll be changing your mind after a couple of years.
And there's very little money working with puddle-jumpers. A company on the south coast was offering £17,000 (unlicensed) recently. Licensed 'shop floor' guys don't exactly earn a respectable amount either, unless they're working on bizjets. And aero piston engines are in the Stone Age in comparison with automotive technology.
I'd quite happily exchange my A+C for a BTEC.