Thanks for the replies and some PM's.
I think there are many pros and cons to making the career change. On the one hand I loose the security blanket but on the other I gain some passion again. I suspect that if my grandfather were alive today (spitty pilot in WWII) he would be telling me to just get on with it and stop fannying about!
Well, I have the class 1 booked and am off to a well known FTO for an asessment test in two weeks. Wish me luck!
MFWF
