I only had your safety at heart Tailscrape!
So, the preferred option seems to be the following:
1. Make enqs with perhaps the larger operators on Frag (BACE and BEA) to see what their thoughts are, but don't rule out having to work from elsewhere. The advantage I DO have is that I am here and house prices have gone, and continue to go silly (I paid 83 for mine four years ago and would now clear 240). It is the same as my current employment. Anyone wishing to transfer from the UK struggles because of this. A FO on about 20K is going to struggle to rent let alone buy, and will most likely be paying off a huge loan of some sort anyway. Just a thought, but it has to be a consideration.
2. Do PPL and see if I can cope/really do want to
3. Enrol and complete ATPL theory course whilst accruing hours
complete flying requirements in due course over 3 years.
This can't ultimately be more demanding in terms of work required than a decent part-time degree?
If anyone wants to knock a rough syllabus together, please do. That way I can do the sums etc and try and get things off the ground
Cheers for all the help so far.
Last edited by STANDTO; 3rd September 2002 at 08:28.