Artie - thanks for that. I'm capable of presenting my thoughts over the internet where I can reorder my words, but in person it all falls apart
I need to come up with a new backup. The original backup was Air Traffic Control, but this was before I knew that out of the 3000 that applied per quarter, 20 actually got the job! That's quite a failure rate, and I was one of the 2980 unlucky ones.
I think an Aerospace Engineering Apprenticeship might be a backup at the moment, but it's not something I'm too keen on yet. I think I might need to visit some of the companies and see what I think of them. Anyway, that's not pilot related.