Hello Buggington,
I think that with your age you should go for it! this is the time in your life when you have no family worries and no financial debt (yet!). And with your choice to go with ctc wings you will have a great advantage when getting airline placement. If you are a ctc wings cadet, you will get to go out to New Zealand and get a gap year at the same time! You have obviously done your research so I can't think of any reason for you not to do it.
I am intrigued to know, How does this 42k student finance thing work?
Last edited by smartguy; 16th Aug 2013 at 12:24.