If I had my time again, I would have binned OAT and done GS with London Met, CPL/IR down at Exeter (hour building in the US) and then applied for the AQC course with CTC. I would therefore be where I am today and £30,000 richer. And believe it or not, with that kind of a saving I could have even (god forbid) paid for type rating and still had £10,000 left over.
Does that put it into perspective?
As someone said earlier, you pays yer money......