@ Kauley
If you're not actually that interested in joining the military, DO NOT even think about joining the army! Training is incredibly tough, especially if joining as infantry and not an officer. If you don't absolutely want it, you won't even complete basic training, presuming of course you can convince the recruiters to offer you a place at all.
The Uni suggestion is much better. Get joined up to the Air Cadets NOW, and then the UAS when you get to Uni. Do something that will get you a decent job in civvy street to pay for your flight training. The modular route will cost you circa £50k from zero to frozen ATPL including a MCC/JOC course, though this will be less if you leave Uni with a PPL.
Nobody knows what the airline industry will be like in 2 years time, let alone 5 or even 10 such is its volatility, so just give yourself the best chance and keep the ultimate goal in mind
Last edited by Libertine Winno; 9th Apr 2013 at 18:56.