Except your employer will say what have you been doing with the last 18months of your life and you say training to be a pilot. They say 'so why are you not employed as a pilot?' You say because you can't get a job. They say ' Do you want a pilot job'. You say 'Yes'. They say 'Pi** off'
Ha - this will be my exact problem when I have a year off / work part time to do the ATPL theory. "So, what have you been up to for the past 12 months since leaving company X?" Er... went travelling?