I was fortunate enough to go straight from CTC into a jet at the worlds favorite too. However, money is still an issue; you can effectively halve your salary when you take in to account your loan repayments and if you need a mortgage then banks just laugh at you. It might be fun if you are young and don't mind sharing a flat (but the novelty of that wears off after a while) or your parents can throw cash at you to help with deposits etc.
So what am I saying; yes the job is awesome and I wouldn't change it for the world, but money is still an issue having gone straight in to a jet job during the good years, when loans were unsecured and proper jobs were up for grabs at the end. Things are a bit different now, and I would definitely think much longer and harder than I did back in 2005. I was fortunate but I am still skint and that isn't due to crap financial management!