Frankly!! what I have said? Have i been pissed on a wannabies form again ranting about stupidity?
After reading this thread I maybe forced to a drink a couple of bottles of red though.
If I was you I would do it modular and hang off the expensive bits until it starts picking up. you can get up to ppl ATPL theory passed for under 10k if you work you shouldn't even need to take a loan out. If you don't even run it to the line with valid dates you can string it out over 2-4 years.
And I never ever want to see the face again of a 23year old when they get told that they have just spent 30K of thier folks money and the company has just gone tits up. Unfortunatley I saw this at Gatwick at lunch time at the ATPL exams when 15 lads got given the news that there FTO had gone tits up that morning. We are due some training providers going tits up very soon.