I don't know about the UK, but in the USA, many pilots come from the military. In the USA, if you want to learn to fly for free, rather than with "enormous deb

I don't know about the UK, but in the USA, many pilots come from the military. In the USA, if you want to learn to fly for free, rather than with "enormous debts", it's simple. All you do is go thru the US Air Force Academy. They take black, white, male, female. They will train you for "free". Yes it requires a service commitment but it's by-and-large a meritocracy. In the USA you're not entitled to pilot training merely for the sake of "diversity". Pay your dues, earn your way. I had a cousin who did it. He flew jets for the US Air Force for years. He then became a commercial pilot.