If you want a graduate job, or can afford the luxury of the personal development for the sake of it, do a degree.
If you want to be a professional pilot, do a pilots licence course.
If you want a combined graduate/pro-pilot job (mostly military) do a degree, then fly later or in parallel - but these jobs are very rare.
If you want a backup, get a qualification to do something - cooking, massage, plumbing, gardening, lifeguard, gym coach, whatever - something that is a skilled job with a clear demand.
Couldnt agree more.
A uni degree is just fancy on paper,most of degrees are useless.
If you need a back up, become a plumber/electrician...there are never enough of them.