Yosemite and Badger1, ditto on the job front for me too. I resigned before Christmas and finally left my secure IT job last week to hopefully go contracting in IT to allow for greater flexibility and to finish off my PPL and then do the Modular route. Loads of people have given me grief about doing it saying that I'm stupid to throw it away but a few, close people realise that this is something that must be done in order to get closer to that goal. Caradoc, don't you worry about that age. Keep plugging at it!