Length of Full Commercial Pilot Training?

[A1KSA]

I just joined PPrune last week so I cant reply more than 5 times a day. Anyway;

1. I understood from Icelanta and Variable Pitch that it would take me [b]6-18 months to get my fATPL and another 12 months for my PPL/CPL and IR, and finally another 6 months for MCC. Which amounts to around 2 and 1/2 years.
2. I also got that the ATPL Syllabus isn't hard at all and is completely useless, but its just a lot of information.

One last thing though, after getting all my licenses and my fATPL, I will obviously need to be type rated, won't that be done at the training facility of the airline I'm planning to work for?

Thanks a lot all!