Hey big black rat same age same sympathy - got no A levels or a degree but I've got 7 years of fixing BA's aircraft, 6 years of teaching their bratty pilots how the aircraft works on the 744 and 777, a Flight Engineers license and a Frozen ATPL/IR and I'm still struggling to get a job. What else can a girl do? Moan Moan. Gotta go and print off a million CV's again to pester the aviation world with!