when I was 15...
I wish someone had told me the following when I was 15..
IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO BECOME a commercial pilot (actually I am sure you mean AIRLINE PILOT...there can be a difference)
Why do I want to be a pilot?
Do you understand that for the rest of your professional life you will be working on Christmas day, away from your family, and always wondering if you will have a job?
That you MIGHT, say again , MIGHT make more money in another job?
Have you read any books about aviators/flying etc?
if not, read:
"The Spirit of St. Louis"
"Stick and Rudder"
"Fate is the Hunter"
Have you watched any films about flying?
"The spirit of st. louis"
"The Winds of Kitty Hawk"
Do you go to ''little'' airports and watch planes taking off and landing?
ARe you in good health? Can you pass a first class physical exam? (or whatever they are called in England)
How will you pay for flight training?
Are you good enough or so inclined to be an RAF pilot?
Other posters are right...you should ask the guy who signed your logbook what it all means.
AS to the number of flying hours you need...an awful lot. Some can be earned as you do other sorts of jobs in flying like instructing, or other general aviation jobs.
An airline transport pilot certificate (license) in the USA demands 1500 hours...a commercial about 250 hours...so at least the first 250 hours or so (can be different) will be up to YOU TO PAY FOR.
In retrospect, in 1982 I was offered a job with the then pretty new APPLE COMPUTER...I wish I had taken it and not been a pilot!
Be careful what you wish for...you might just get it.