Think I'm the same. Averaging around 90 hours for the summer and the winter which is normally bleak is looking at around 70 hours. Money is reasonable and I got a UK base 6 months after line training. I'm very much an exception. Base transfer can be anything from a few months to never. Pot luck. Training wise. I went to Amstersam. Which I very much enjoyed although the first batch of training is Done in an IPT. A procedure trainer compared to at EMA which is done in the simulator. ( 3+years ago). This I personally thought was a waste of time. The IPT was slow and hard to use. You would touch a switch and the switch five down from the one you touched would activate. The training and facilities at Ema are probably better but from an experience point of view and enjoying where your living I would pick Amstersam.