Just have a good read of all the posts on this forum. Buy yourself the magazine called 'Flight International'. This is where most of the big airlines advertise when they're recruiting. As you will beable to tell from reading the posts on this forum, getting onto a sponsored scheme is no easy thing. There are very few places and thousands of people apply so you really gotta stand out (don't ask me how, I have no idea). According to the press however you couldn't of picked a better time to become a pilot, alot of old pilots coming up for retirement about now.
Good luck,
Simon
[This message has been edited by Simon W (edited 28 June 2001).]