Balhambob
I was 36 and did a CAP509 course as it was called before JAR Integrated came in. I felt that i could not afford to take any longer than necessary to get qualified. Expensive but quick.
You are young enough to be looking for work at age less than 35 which is a cutoff for many mainline operators.
Stable / Unstable
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Extrovert / Introvert
You must ideally fall into stable and extrovert personality, X marks the spot! Not Unstable introvert, stable introvert or unstable extrovert......get it? It's not my opinion but just what type the airlines are supposedly looking for. Here endeth the first lesson on Human Perfomance and Limitations, one of the exams to be sat!
My advice to you is watch out that you don't take too long to get qualified and possibly getting post-training hours because you are Temping/Contracting. Quite a number of full time course guys have to become Flight Instructors if they don't land a job soon after graduating. I had to do this and it is the dilema for many - hours or money.
Your chat with the pilots will no doubt cover this.
Any Q's just let me know.