c'mon
"Thanks for the replies.
With any flying I mean that, I am aware that the industry is not at its best at the moment, and so I definitely do not expect to walk straight into an airline job the day after I qualify. I would love to make it a career, but I accept that it must be step by step
Yes the FTOs obviously want to stay in business. I have been researching and looking around since I was 17 probably, and was always postponing going in for the ATPL all this time, so much so I got a degree since then! But time is passing by quite quickly... and I do believe that above a certain age... you would have missed your chance"
You seem to have done a lot of research already, you have a PPLand a degree and you seem pretty clued up on the state of the industry, so really what else is it you want to know? Is it just reassurance you want from others?