THANK YOU to everyone!
It's really good hearing everyones thoughts, comments and advise on everything. I was a little worries that I'd get a normal "check out the sticky's" and "this is another one of those threads" but not a single one!
Ill try and reply to you all as its the least I can do:
4015:
I have let my instructors know about my intentions and I think thats good advise as it seems to be very easy to get caught up in everything else. I think I'm just very excited about ACTUALLY going for the thing at last! I will also make sure to checkout the PPL confuser. Thanks very much fro your long detailed reply
Dannyboy11:
Thanks very much. I'm learning with Northumbria Flying School. Are you using the same school? Your totally right, when I'm not there I'm thinking about it every minute and talking about it every other. Im loving what I'm doing so far and It seems you are to so best of luck with everything!
Flipski10:
Thanks very much for the detailed reply and the good financial advise. I will defiantly take things on board. It's really good to actually hear how you done each stage and I wish you the best of luck with the additional courses but it seems you don't need it :o) Finally, I couldn't agree more, thats one of the reasons why I decided to go for it is because I was sick of people telling me I couldn't. I didn't want to be one of those people wishing 'what if' even though I'd been doing it for years. Thanks for the advise
student88:
Not sure what to say to yours apart from I agree with what you agree with lol
CAT3C AUTOLAND:
Thanks for the welcome. You mention you didn't get your first airline job until 32. Would you mind telling me your history? e.g. When you got your PPL and how you went about the whole process? Thanks very much for your comments and yes 4015's advise seemed very good. It's great to see that you love your job!
destinationsky:
Thanks for the welcome. Keep saving and you already have your PPL and what I believe to be a good age so very, very well done! Im sure as you keep saving you'll progress pretty quickly. I will look into the extras you mention and talk with my school about them and see if there able to help once I have my PPL. Good luck with your future plans!
PPSS:
Without sounding like I'm seeking sympathy (which I promise I'm NOT) - I can't tell you how much I WISH my father had that attitude either when I was younger or even now. Thank you.
Bristol-Aviation:
Thank you and I'm really enjoying my teeny little steps as I'm going. I totally agree, like I said at the start of this thread I wasn't expecting to much in terms of comments as I know there are some on here who are pretty blunt to the 'noobs' but defiantly a feel-good positive thread.
and last but not least...
speedrestriction:
Thank you for the financial advise. It seems from all the research that I've done that the finances are defiantly the thing which can both help and hinder you (if you have none) I don't mind admitting, I'm working every hour god sends so I can afford 2 lessons a week for my PPL. However, over the next couple of weeks I have decided to not take any lessons. The reason I decided this was because I owe a few bills, so I thought it's better to get myself into a position where I can get 2 lessons a week rather than 1 and the only 'bill' in theory is my lessons (e.g. I won't owe any debt) So hopefully starting february, Ill be back on with my training twice a week minimum.
Again, a huge massive thank you to everyone. I've decided I'm going to create my own little journey in the form of a regular blog. I know people make them for everything nowadays and I figured it MIGHT be at least interesting to follow and maybe even help out future pilots who can read it while I'm ahead in terms of training. It's just something I've been thinking about: From a guy with no money and just a lifetime ambition... how far can I go. I'll document everything in the hope it provides interesting reading for people and also maybe help someone?
Thanks again for everyones help and comments its been really great getting such a response!