<Something that has always interested me is being a pilot, but I'd be the first to admit that I know very little about what the this job involves (something to do with those big things with wings, right? )>
It should be a burning desire! You should have grown up devouring everything to do with aeroplanes! You've left uni- was there a uni air squadron that would have taken you near aeroplanes? Did you ever think about trying for a licence at 17? Going to airports for hours on end just to watch? Have you just answered your own question? Don't give it another thought.