Thank you for at least being honest with me. I have a lawyer, and the CPS' evidence is watertight. I recieved the image, it remained within a cache. Legally, that is posession. There's not anything a lawyer can do aside from try and mitigate for a lighter sentence and less time on the register.
At least I know what im facing now, and that I will be unable to attend flight school. I need to be realistic about the fact that I won't even be able to go to flight school, let alone get a job.
As for you still believing that I must have done something far more substantial, I urge you to read on of the posts above. Almost exactly the same situation, and they too were convicted and placed on the sex offenders register. It can and does happen, and it is happening to me.
At least I can try and plan to get another job.