The C.D.L soon went after I started training! That got me as far as I am now, i know people don't like giving money away however grants/scholarships are given to students studying other fields so why not aviation?
It seems for now (maybe the forseable future) that a number of tomorrows Pilots just have to pay their own way and if they can't afford it well............... join the que at the job centre.
Why should a job like this only be avaliable to the people who can afford it from the start?