expedite08,
did you bother to read my reply?
If you want to be a pilot and have dreamt about it ever since blah blah...zzzz, then you have two choices.
1. Ransom Mum and Dad's house for 70-80K or get a loan for that amount.
or
2. Work for X years to save up 100% of the training or a percentage of the training and/or work full time and pay-as-you go.
Going with option 2 means no/next to no loans. No risk to Mum and Dad. No risk if there is no shiny-jet job at tthe end of it. And you make yourself more marketable.
so, in this current climate...um...er...its a tough one...I'd probably go with option 2??
Unimaginable debts is part of option 1. So don't take option 1 unless you can afford it! If you do take option 1 and can't afford it, then there is no way you'll be sitting with me on the FD. How can I trust you to make a good decision?