I managed to do it! Admittedly i had a reasonable amount of experience tho.
The exams are a pain in the butt, but doable in under a year part time (i took 5 months for the whole conversion, with full time work and new baby... but this was a real stretch and i don't recommend it!)
Europe doesn't have GA on the scale of Canada which makes finding a job different... most newbies here seem to go from an integrated course straight into a medium jet. Progression from GA to airlines seems to be very difficult because of this.