ok thanks guys. I have looked at alot of the school websites and they all require the candidate to have more qualifications than what i have. I have considered the forces but i do not want to fly fighter jets i want to fly large aircraft like cargo planes. Would this be possible when joining the forces to specify that i would not want to fly fighter jets? Another question i have is how to many cadets aford the the course? do banks in this "credit crunch" time give out a bank loan for a student do a course like this?