Scroggs - you know better than to get me started on the subject of plumbers! Living like Kings they are... dribble... mutter... moan <sounds of straight jacket being hastily taken out of wardrobe by Miss Welshman>...
Its very difficult to offer meaningful advice in this situation. All one can ever do is look back at ones own history and wish how you could have done it differently. This is unlikely to prove a valid excuse to recommend a particular route.
All I would say is that on balance I think there is a lot of pressure to go to Univeristy these days. It is important to explore all options thoroughly before deciding upon a path and to do this you will have to resist for a time the pressure to go to Uni.
On the bright side. Being 15 at the moment is an advantage. Even if you do get started in aviation at the very earliest opportunity and forgoe Higher Education it will still be 4 years before you need to apply to the airlines.
Which could be about right
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