Thanks ohitsmonday, means a lot to get support from those I respect.
I wanted very much to get into flight planning, to complete the picture so to speak, but I had little chance working for those outfits. Having a PPL (albeit out of date) and doing a lot of flight plan/WX/notam compiling and briefing made me think it wouldn't have been too hard. I was tempted to get an FAA despatch course, but events have made such desires redundant.
Keep up the good work guys