Thanks all. Very useful stuff, I appreciate it. Obviously every answer raises 2 more questions! Apart from the BA managed path deal, I am assuming 20 months before I can work for them and no licence is too early for other airlines - particularly Netjets and Virgin?
Lasors link:
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.asp...detail&id=1591
Long document but well laid out and pretty clear.