thanks NickS - that makes sense about the sponsorship, think i was worrying that there's a whole area of the application that i'm missing or something!!
as for the age thing, don't worry about worrying me - i'm good enough at doing that myself! i'm sure they wouldn't take applications from people in their late 20s if they couldn't get them jobs, it would just be nice to hear from someone who knows they definitely do.
anyone else out there know of any cadets approaching 30 with jobs lined up??
i'm off to take a closer look at cadetpilot.com (will focus less on the pictures of them all out on the lash this time, hehe)