I have had this in mind for a while already, and am certainly thinking of redistribution. It gives me the opportunity to train a lot of ship/gun skills fast (lot of perc/willp, very little 'rest').
The drawback is not (effectively) being able to train tank/electronics etc.
A solution might be to train (some of) this stuff first and redistribute later. But as I dont have very high int & mem now (char is specced for soldiering) , this wont be the best way to go.
An other possibility would be to redistribute to int/mem first, train tank etc. and redistribute again (to perc/willp) 6 months later. This would mean I can't fly badass ships for another 7 months though.
All in all I am tempted to go with the 2nd solution: do some elec/tank training now and respec in one or two months. This will mean I will be able to fly moderately (vs. badly) tanked ships with moderate electronic capabilities. It will also allow me to fly some of the more simple specialized ships (Interceptor & Interdictor, but no HIC & Recon) relatively fast, but the aforementioned more complicated ships will have to wait about 8 months. I will be able to fly ships such as HAC & Marauder relatively fast though. Plus I will get good gunnery and missile skills.
Still a tough nut to crack and I would appreciate your thoughts on the above.