thankyou for the advice everyone, its much appreciated.
WWW I realsie that if I was to fly in either of the mentioned roles it would be outside of the Uk. But this is something I am whilling to do if it means a flying job. A few people have now mentioned Instructional flying as a much better option but surely this has the same problem as the airlines......training schools have a large choice of experienced and qualified pilots to pick from who have recently benn made redundant elsewhere??. Hence my investigation into other work where a job at the end of training is more certain.
FFF when I say I hold a JAA ATPL I am refering to a 'Frozen ATPL' hence the low hours.
And Cal thanks for sharing your knowledge, I had presumed both parashute dropping and glider towing were extremely hard to break into. Glider towing normally stemming form previous gliding experience. Are there any particular clubs that you know from experience?? have you worked in this area yourself and how did you initially get into banner towing??
Thankyou, Ben.