What I'm going to try to do is end up in as little debt over this as possible. I believe debt makes you inflexible in terms of what you need to earn to pay it off, and I'd rather have fun at the end of my fatpl instructing or turbo-propping, or cargo hauling, or whatever I can get, instead of getting annoyed and moody because I'm not getting the 40k pa I need to start paying off my loans.
I dunno if this bit is true, but I also can't help but think that if you can demonstrate a bit of basic financial management and some commitment to the long-ish haul (saving, budgeting etc.) rather than diving in feet first using someone else's money, would this not be of use in those all-important interviews? In a sober planning vs. puppy dog frenetic engagement kind of way?