Originally Posted by
Captain Spam Can
If anyone is reading this please don’t give up if you want it bad enough. You could even stay at home 10 years, make big sacrifices, work for Amazon for 10 years and get a Pilot job before 30 with zero debt. 1k a month away every month. If you want it that bad stick at it. It really only gets difficult if one starts settling down, buying a house, getting married and having children, game over then (not impossible but very difficult).
You've answered your own question. Just go for a modular course at £50k instead of integrated at £100k. As B2N2 said, save half borrow half. That cuts your time from 10 years to 2½ years. It means working hard, sacrificing and smart use of credit to build a decent credit history. There are loads of other ways to reduce costs - one of those jobs can be at a flight school, do CBIR I stead of IR etc...