The moral is this, do not listen to anyone when they say do not bother with A Levels. They are very important indeed although some airlines do not factor them in, you do not stand a chance over people who have them, expecially if you do not have the money to go Self Sponsored, you want to be attaining the maximum grade to knock everyone else over when it comes to assessment time.
Conclusion - A Levels are extremely important and show how dedicated you are to becoming a pilot.
If you want this career so much, you would obtain A Levels to get to where you want to be in life. True fact!
George