My first impression was "by eck the lads only 17" but at 17 I wanted to be a pilot and stuck to it...
AWACS_bhoy; You have 20k in the bank / you're about to accept a career in the RAF for which you plan on serving for the next 23 years and save for your flying training because you want to be an airline pilot...
Firstly, I've been working in UK airlines for nearly 20 years now, and it aint the industry it was when I joined in 1991...the next 23 years...well, who knows, but i'd hazard a guess at alot less airlines than we have now!
Secondly, you write with a degree of intelligence, but you're a fruitcake - I would take that advice of a long long walk before doing anything else...
Sorry, not helpful I know, but this is just plain and simple, bloody odd!!!