"Why not get JOCC and ISS out of the way..."
Don't bother with Idiot Scribbly School or other such triv - go for the ATPL option....
Mind you, back in the good old days of holding at Biggin Hill when lots of lovely little fighter controller babes were sent there for reselection, one could often end up 'holding' something quite delightfuly warm and curvaceous...
Or so I'm told.