Here is some advice;
Do what you think you have to, no-one is going to help you. Life is short.
If you can get mum and dad to help (pay) in any way then do so, you will only have a few chances to fly professionally and you must take your seldom opportunities where-ever they may be.
Don't linger on the words of the older generation with regards to declining conditions/punitive contracts etc because many are not in the position you are (myself included).
Get on with you life and do not dwell on the negative side of things, it will only drag you down.
Work hard and make you own luck.
For the record, my parents paid for my FATPL and I would do the same.
TheBeak, come on matey stop being unkind, it does no good what-so-ever, we all know the good and bad side to this particular subject. You come across as a whiney little bitch.