Pick medicine. It is far easier to learn to fly if you have the sizable resources of a medical consultant, than it is to become a doctor later in life with the shaky pittance you risk making as a pilot. I say that as someone who is qualified in a medical field and who has basic qualifications as a pilot. Don't get me wrong, I love flying, but it is sure nice to be confident of making the next mortgage repayment/paying next year's private school fees, etc, and it is definitely possible to moonlight as a pilot- even flying the big stuff if you work at it hard enough. The best of both worlds, you might say.
Last edited by walesregent; 7th Feb 2011 at 11:40.