As you say, "a very broad question...," it all depends on which airline you end up flying for, whether freighting or pax carrying, whether air taxi, regional carrier, schedul or charter.
The pay can be very good , if you manage to get onto jets straight away, or a down right **** take if you end up working for a small turbo prop operator. In that case if you are thinking of a career change try becoming a train driver because, & I kid you not, you can potentially earn anything up to £14,000 per annum more!
Best of luck with whatever you decide to do.
