Tried now for 4 years after the worldtrade center went down, and before this, tried for 3 other years.
with the oil price going up everyday (60$ today???), it is sounds like we have to fill the gap between what airlines want, and what the CAA want.
And most of us have miscalculated how much it will cost to us, much more than the minimum requirement for the JAA.
As I have said before It is all about $. the petrol goes down, and everybody is happy, customers buy plane, and they start to hire pilots, then train pilots and maybe buy us the type rating .Or the oil increase, and airlines pack their planes as much as possible with "meat" and ask us to pay our type rating.
I think go for it if you have some money left, I can still buy a mercedes instead but view the price of the gaz, no thanks!