On calculation I will be £45,000 behind my mates that i graduated with by the end of my PC.
Please can you just run me through your maths? I reckon that, if you take 4 years to get to the end of the OCU, by the end of a PC you will be £22,500 worse off than someone who got flying pay after 72 weeks. Take off 40% tax and it's about £13,500 over 16 years. If you do an easy course (multi or RW) then there will be less of a gap.
If you had got a degree however, you would have LOADS more money...