MartinT
I left school with absolutely no qualifications what so ever.
Spent 10 years as a long distance lorry driver and then the
last 7 years as an aircraft refueller at Manchester Airport.
I cannot spell to save my life. I use spell check all the time.
I passed all 14 ATPL exams last December but they did take
me 3 years to complete through correspondence due to
working full time and it being shift work.
It's all in the mind and depends on how much you want to do it.
It's taken me since August 1999 to get to this stage, CPL
done and 10 hours into IR and should have it all finished
by September / October.
Don't worry about your lack of GCSE's, Get a job and save
up to get your PPL then take it from there.
Regards