42 seems too old
to be honest mate, i think 42 is well to old to get employed by an airline. oxford told u that ud be ok, thats sounds about right coming from them, but considering that the retirement age is 50 for over 90% of airlines id say ur s**t out of luck. On the plus side ive heard BA are extending there retirement age to 60 but id imagine u did modular which would exclude you from them also. have u thought about getting an instructor rating and doing that?? as for paying for type training i wouldnt recommend wasting your money.
cheevere