Birky
Just remove the rose tinted specs for one minute and work out the figures if you qualify and two years later still have no airline position, hows it looking now?? not quite so rosy I guess.
Add shall we say £5000 for an instructor rating and figure on earning somewhere around £6000 a yr for a while as an instructor, I did hear a few positions were available now.
Just a little advice from where I stand at the moment, at 40 you will find it damn near impossible to get a foot in the door, it dosen't matter if your are the star student, face the facts that there are younger, equally talented guys out there for the picking. Not saying you wont make it, it's just more difficult.
Flying F