Originally Posted by
rudestuff
Easily doable in a year. That will only get you to CPL/IR of course, which is enough to get you into an airline job. The only way to get an ATPL is to have 1400 hours and an airline job unfortunately... The hardest part is the ATPL exams which takes anywhere from 6 months to 18. I took 4 but I'm probably an exception...
Depends where OP is from, in EASAland you’re not getting an airline job from nothing in a year. It’s a given that you’ll do ATPLs before getting your CPL which is a good 6 months in its own usually.