Thanks Bunglerat,
Advice well taken.
I too often think "am i wasting all of this money?". My wife fully understands and is encouraging but i think even she is not all that positive about the outcome "even with the looming pilot shortage". I kow she would be very happy if i ever got into the airlines.
At the moment have 191 hours and am hopefully going to be able to take my CPL Flight Test within the next six months. From there, i'm not sure i can afford to do even my instrument rating or twin endorsement. Everything seems at a distance to me and i dont feel as if i'm making much progress. I also dont think my trainng organisation is very encouraging as they seem to be more involved with the 20 somethings and the Overseas full time students (I wont mention who they are) even though i've lashed out loads of money already.
I am holding onto the hope that i will make it at the moment but time will tell.
Marty