very many thanks for the advice.
i would much rather have real advice even if it is negative than false advice. as to travel this road is going to cost an awful lot of money . i will look into the line training with various airlines and maybe even go and speak to the flying school to clear things up in my head a little. i live only 4 miles from inverness airport so i may try to get a 5 minute chat with a pilot if possible to see what the current line training situation is. i really appreciate you spending the time to type all the information in i know it can be a little laborious so thank you very much.i’ll let you know how i get on

cheers PT

cheers for the reply cloud 9
but one of the issues is that i cannot just leave my (very well paid but little satisfaction)current job to go and study at university for three years!!.at some point the mortgage company would walk into my house and repossess it??
maybe when i was 18 this would have been an ace option but i would have been more likely at that time to have gone into the royal navy as a pilot.
unfortunately with defence cuts that happenned in 1992 (options for change) as a result of the end of the cold war and russia’s struggle to remain a superpower pretty much stopping there were no places for naval pilots and even my artificer apprenticeship was put back for 4 months.

for this reason the modular route is (for me )the way ahead or so i think ?!

also your link does not work.

many thanks PT