I'm feeling pretty anti-authority at the moment...what do you want to know?
CAA said long ago I couldn't fly, then said 'Whoops, sorry, we were wrong,' but only after it was too late to start a career. AAIB didn't even give me a first interview despite almost exactly matching their ad requirements. NATS did likewise on the basis of eyesight despite holding a JAA Class-1 medical (probably that was the age thing they later got done for), and then CAA refused to even slightly bend a pointless time rule on ground exam validity for a set of exams that were only there to cover the fact they'd buggered up the real ones earlier.
So, okay, I got the authorities' message...I'm not wanted.
I'm going to go away and sulk in a corner now.
Dan