Don’t take this the wrong way, but part of the reason you haven’t had many positive responses is that those who have made it are too busy flying to sit down and post on Pprune.
I know several people who used to be regulars here, but now they are in the right hand seat they simply don’t have the time to enter into long ‘modular versus integrated’ debates. To be blunt, this forum has served its purpose by helping with advice and support while they were training and looking for their first job – now they have it, there isn’t much point in hanging round here all day.
For what it’s worth, I can think of at least four people who were either CAA ‘self-improvers’ or took the JAA modular route. Three were PPL instructors, one of whom went to Astraeus, another joined Britannia, and the third is flying turboprops around the Caribbean. The other guy went straight to BACX.
I know one person who went integrated, didn’t have a sniff of a job for over two years, then joined the CTC ATP scheme and flew for Monarch. He then landed a job with BA, through his own efforts, without any assistance from CTC.
So there’s five success stories, none of whom you’ll read about on ‘wannabes’. Sad, but there it is. Don’t be put off just because people aren’t shouting their good news from the rooftops – enough ability and determination and you’ll make it in the end, whichever way you get your licence.