Cheers for all the replies guys, keep them coming, I'm hoping to avoid McDonalds and Burger King but with the cost of flying training who knows!!
Springbok, I would certainly advise the FAA as a career, apparently they are guaranteed 8 hours a day in their beds!! Seriously though I tried to become a pilot but fell foul of the eyesight limits, I’m hoping the same doesn’t happen again when I do my Class 1 medical next year. If you want to send me your e-mail address I’ll send you my thoughts but generally they are really short of RN pilots at the moment, although I’m not sure if that has affected recruiting. There’s usually a lot of competition to get places, also the latest issues may well have stopped pilots leaving the Navy recently.