Tuned in - I would save your breath mate as he ain't listening to any advice here. Myself and a lot of others have all told him to up sticks and get an FI job at a busier airfield building his multi hours and make the contacts to do just as you suggested. Instead he reckons leaving the industry to go back to IT will keep him on the pulse of what is going on. No doubt he can surf all day filling in online applications for the big boys and those jobs will fall into his lap.
Me thinks he is the older brother of A340rider. The latter must just about be finishing at school soon
PS: wingbar, to clear your debts enter into a voluntary arrangement. If you really have nothing then the bank will be forced to take whatever you are willing to pay them per week.