I suggest he spend the hundred thousand quids on a real education and stay well clear from aviation, getting into a business that will leave some space for personal life, hobbies and culture .If he likes flying he can still do it as an hobby ..real flying like glider of aerobatics once he will be a successful lawyer why not his private plane. Commercial aviation had three main advantages over an office job. More time off, better salaries and pensions and an opportunity to see the world in a dynamic way. This is not true anymore and we are left with the negatives , stress, repetitiveness, tiredness and family unfriendliness to levels never seen before. Starting an aviation career nowadays is plainly stupid.