Fabbe, let's not stop this thread. Please, please listen and HEED what other people are saying. They are more experienced and qualified than you and have been through the system. Instead of getting shirty and irritable with everyone on here, a little humility and gratitude for the advice and pointers you have been given might not go amiss. I'd be very interested to know what your parents advise?
If you have an opportunity to be trained to CPL level for free, then you must be nuts not to take it.
Have you thought where you're going to get the money for OAA? If you have the money anyway, then you can use it for a type rating after SAA which will make you much more employable with an airline.
And where did you get your statistics from about OAA's employment rates? From them?
Cheers
Whirls