The cadet program set up by Pikey at 42VFG works, I'm a member of it who has now progressed from cadet to pilot.
As Pikey says though you need to put the effort in or it just wont work, if you aren't afraid of a little hard work and a few tests then its worth it. I couldn't be happier. I now get to fly with a small but expanding group of friendly, patient and above all competent pilots on some pretty great missions, designed in house most of the time.