I better write carefully before I get my head bitten off, but:
I don't think it is worth it, to be honest. I'm about to start my IR and CPL, but I honestly don't expect a half decent job. because:
- I'm over 30,
- the constant (and persitant) rumours that only young 20 somethings get in
- the cavalier attitude that organisations lend to anybody who can sign their name away - (when I first thought of training five years ago, no bank would lend me anything - this has all changed)
- CTCs hold on some airlines
- the huge numbers of people in training
- the influx of experienced people from the rest of the world.
- the erosion of T & Cs
- downward movement of salaries
I'll try like buggery to get a job, but I will call it a day after a while if I get nowhere.
Life for a self-sponsored person like me isn't getting any easier.
(edited to add further woes)