Pugwash,
First, get yourself selected.
Then pass the course.
Then get an aerodrome licence. Then validate it.
Then get an approach licence. Then valiate it.
Then get an area licence. Then validate it.
Then get an oceanic licence. Then validate it.
Then nobody will look down on you, and some of us might welcome you as an equal.
Then you can work anywhere in the world and probably earn an awful lot more than you can in the UK.
On the beach