Originally Posted by AlexL
If you are on the housing ladder and already have a career (as opposed to a job) then my advice would be to do everything in your power to keep these.
This is exactly why I don't want to give up work and train full time... the job I have is a career - ok its not the one I ultimately want, but it has good prospects.
Living up here in Edinburgh doesn't give much opportunity for doing things part time unfortunately. I know GCNS in glasgow does the ATPL distance learning course, so going there would cut down on the amount of leave needed, but I would have to travel somewhere south to do the flying part - more money, more time!
Rote 8 - I'm single, so working every waking hour doesn't bother me too much. I found uni quite hard going and found I was doing the come in from lectures, eat dinner infront of pc, work until 2am, go to bed, get up, go to uni, come back, eat.... I didn't enjoy it much, but if I could do it once, then I can do again...
I have to say I think my thinking is gradually turning to either negotiating unpaid leave, or leaving my job in a couple of years and doing the CPL/IR/MCC full time....