HumaidDaWorld, I personally would not recommend this career to anyone. I have young cousins and nephews who are interested and I constantly remind their parents to steer them away. Guys like you (clever, young, super keen) are plentiful. There will never be a shortage of your sort. The industry has finally realised this and hence we as pilots are being abused left, right and centre. I now fly only in the Summer because I make 3 x more money in the Winter doing my old job. There are only 2 or 3 proper career airlines left in the UK and competition to get into them is extremely high.