thulfi

Yeep +1 on the fortune it costs if you wanna train to become a commercial airline pilot.

There must be scholarships at some places which could be worth a shot. I had a mate who after A levels went on to flying school. Now he's working with easyjet as a 1st officer and making a good living out of it. In the end, it will definetely be worth while. Becoming ill/unexpected events can happen in any line of training for any career so don't let that matter.

I would have loved to be a pilot at one stage in my life, and still probably can't think of many other jobs I would find more fun.

Go for it mate, make it work somehow, I'm sure it would be very rewarding in more ways than one.