Some of you reading this may find this thread I started a couple of months ago useful. Oddly it followed a similar pattern to this, question posed, abuse, then some useful advice and an informed debate.
Link to Buying a Type Rating Thread
I hope it is of some use as I did some maths and thought about the whole process without emotion as a pure business decision. Some otheres added some pertinent information that I think all low hour pilots should at least consider when deciding on that first step after attaining the CPL. My next six months is mapped out with a mixture of ATPL study with Bristol and my JAA Multi CPL/IR conversion combined with networking and finding out which nightclub the personnel manager at Virgin Atlantic's daughter frequents.
Stephen