Something else I want to confess to. I've actually attempted the CAA exams twice before. I failed them both twice (just before the JARs came in). I was like 20 then. Bit silly. I know why I failed. Had just started seeing this sweedish bombshell and my evenings and nights were spent doing the wild thing rather than studying the way I should have been. Nothing comes easy and I now realise that. No pain no gain. I come to work every morning and walk onto the trading floor and want nothing more than to be walking into a cockpit. Since 16 I've been in debt because of my passion of flying. I just wanted to hold my horses a little to dive in-just until I graduated. Now that I have I was hopeing I could do a little more training and land a job in the USA (I have a green card). Thats not happening now. So I figure the time it takes me to get my JAA licences, hopefully the market should pick up and it'll open the european market to me too. Well-thats the plan anyway. Ok, for distant learning, who would recommend what groundschools and why? I've done Oxford and London Guildhall. Both failed me (or vice-versa should I say). But I want to give myself the best chance right now.