My advice fo9r what it is worth is seize the moment and go for it if you are young, you make your own luck and may just be in the right place at the right time, there are many facets to flying not all airlines
Absolutely correct, but as long as you do it in a managable way, in case that pilot job didn't appear for a while, then you should be fine.
I'm still going to get my qualifications done (I know I'll regret it if I don't), you only live once and recessions don't last for ever. I'd rather train when I'm younger and I can make a career of it rather than waiting until I'm 40 odd. The way things are going at the moment, I expect airline job prospects to appear again when I'm approaching mid 30's, if not slightly before that, so I'll be doing another career in the mean time, but I'm still getting on with it!
rather than being absorbed in the world of negative people.