Thank you
RHSandLovingIt . I was hoping that anyone going through or having been through the process could shed some sort of light on it in terms of actual experience, as I appreciate the difficulty in guessing.
I can't predict my aptitude until I start lessons, nor my theory results (but I will sure try my best), but I believe that I will have some advantages, which should give me a bit of a head start.
I set my level at 50 to 1 odds for an airline job in the UK, with contingency of cargo (DHL hub at EMA, for example, around 10 miles from my house and they seem to be recruiting a fair amount) and going abroad as a Plan C.
Staying in my current line of work for another year or even more after getting my licence would help financially, so not the end of the world if I had to wait a little, either.