All,
Thanks for your advice/ opinions. ConfigFull, thanks for your particularly informative response, it ties together a lot of the research and reading I've been doing in the last few days.
The approach you've outlined is right up my alley and could potentially allow me to stick with my day job whilst working towards my CPL and subsequent ratings. I'll be in a position to take 10 weeks annual leave in 2013 and every weekend can be dedicated to the cause....
Back to work for the afternoon......Will write a detailed post this weekend...
Cheers