HECS is still a debt you have to pay off.
Whats the cost of a Law degree these days - let alone the 5 years at Uni?
Not all Lawyers end up on, let alone start on, hugh money you know - the vast majority finish Law school and get a job proof reading contracts all day every day...or other repetitive, mind numbing, menial jobs.
All this thread proves, yet again, is the unrealistic expectations many young people have. You wanna make big money straight off the bat - well go to the mines and clean ****houses - aviation won't miss you.