Elvis21 cheers for the encouragement.
As you say, I am going for it.
I don't expect to get an airline job straight away, but I do expect the job situation to improve over the next 5 years.
By then I would be 36, hence the slight concern over age, as it is a factor to consider.
Somewhere along the way airline hiring minimums will drop to match the hours that I will have accrued.
However, I am not looking too far ahead as I still have to pass my last set of exams in 8 weeks time, then the CPL etc, etc.
So it's one step at a time and eventually I'll get there.