Mattc123-
Thanks for the suggestion of Bournemouth, actually seems like a very good option and I didn't realise it could work out that cheap in the UK (relative cheapness anyway).
And as for moving away from the original post, I probably should have come up with a better title but it was where I was up to with my attempt at research.
Reverserbucket -
The high 90% figure comes from CTC themselves
Airline Placement | CTC Aviation
In your opinion should I be taking that with a pinch (or more) of salt?
Also what did you mean by
"Bear in mind that the state of issuance of your medical will have a bearing on eventual licence issue so you may want to consider researching that in more depth"?
You think I should get the medical ideally in the country where I intend to try for the licence itself?
Anyway thanks both for your comments, the volume of information on different paths to flight deck is a little overwhelming.
Paul