johno, this may sound harsh but I want to train people who want to be controllers, I don't want to waste my time training people who are using it to fund what they really want to do and, assuming they get through to validation then p1ss off a year or two later.
Decide what you really want to do, if it's to be an airline pilot then where there's a will there's a way just don't waste my valuable time and an important slot in the training system in the process.