No-one is going to sponsor you at the present time, apart from the odd one-off, done largely out of charity, such as astraeus.
But wait a year or so and we'll be back to a pre-Sep 11 situation, with airlines falling over themselves to get the best cadets.
You probably can't afford to loaf around for a year or so waiting for it to get better.
Why don't you go to uni and read maths, physics, or computer science (or anything else that you enjoy and would be good at)?
It'll keep you out of mischief for 3 years and when you graduate, the airlines will be gagging for you.
It is true that you don't need maths or physics much above GCSE to have the background to do the JAA exams.
But if you're better educationally qualified, you'll stand a better chance of picking up sponsorship later.
You don't have to join the rat race now. If it were full of opportunities, I'd say, "Yeah, get in now. Starting 3 years earlier would be more career-advancing than going to uni."
But, thanks to bin Laden, these are not normal times. I'd wait a bit.
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