Fair point, I think what I said was clutching at straws a little but when I worked at Tesco I had the choice to work my way up the ladder and become a line manager and beyond. Managing stressful situations may be a benefit to you when you're on the flight deck, I have friends from many walks of life and some earn more money than me working on building sites but have no managing skills and can't deal with customers/people in general.
The local Tesco GM is on £120k+ pa a Porsche and huge benefits (I know that's the sharp end of the hierarchy but there is a future in it).
I agree on your comments on how much of the information on here is useful and how much is wide eyed optimism. And although I'm happy to listen to anybody's comments and advise there is only a dozen or so I will take seriously like Scroggs, WWW and yourself to name but a few.
I've taken your advise on many occasions and I'm still pondering over the FAA CPL/IR/CFI and then converting to JAA.
Thanks