Once again thanks for your feedback. Its been really helpful. I have to say, though, that I'm surprised at the amount of debt pilots are getting themselves into for a job that few here seem to enjoy!
My main interests in flying were to pilot harrier jumpjets or Apache helecoptors! I wanted to be an RAF pilot. Sadly the RAF haven't discovered spectacles yet so that career is out the window!
To be honest, flying a passenger jet for 1000 miles doesn't really hold the same appeal. It seems a world apart from military aviation, although if recent newsreports are anything to go by, you've probably got more chance of being shot down than an RAF pilot!
Thanks once again. BTW this is some forum if you're into planes! 500+ online at one time! Although the name pprune is quite simply poor! Don't know what they were thinking!