Make sure you get into Oxford University in England( not - for some reason, Cambridge). Study anything you want - even Zoology - and join the Swire Group. If you do really well with Coke bottles, shipping or property, you may get noticed by the bright sparks running the Swires Flying Circus that used to be known as Cathay Pacific Airways.
After some time studying mainly legal documents and getting to know some of the CAD Flight Ops 'Rubber Stampers" - sorry, Inspectors( you will have an entertainment budget to keep these folks onside), you may be promoted according to the Peter Principal. This Promotes you just a little too far and you will find yourself isolated, alone and looking rather silly. You will take drinks from the chalice - excuse me - mini bar in your 9th Floor suite of offices and wonder how on earth you ever achieved the title of DFO. You don't know anything about flying really and never particularly wanted to have much to do with planes or especially, those who flew them.
How did this happen?
Indeed.
Anyway - good luck with your studies - you never know where they may take you.