Thanks for all the interesting opinions.
I sincerely hope that aviation dosen't become as futuristic as some of you say. The reason I want to one day become a Pilot is not to monitor a computer flying through triangles but to experience what a lucky few experience now. It will be a sad day when Pilots are only managers of a computer. With the technology around nowadays at least you get to fly interesting approaches. What I'm about to say may not go down very well with many of you but perhaps sooner or later we will have to face up to the fact that we really will become 'glorified bus drivers'.
La Fantasque.