Thank you for such a fullsome reply - I shall place this thread in the Wannabes Archive in due course.. .. .Congrats on your endeavours - given a magic wand I think I would become a Police or Air Ambulance pilot myself. I have done some great flying in Gazelles, Wessex, Sea King, Puma and Chinook in my time on famil flights.. .. .I stand by my original assertion though - more expensive, less money, fewer jobs.. .. .WWW