> Finish my final year at uni with the best grade I can(!)
2) Start building a career with which I can pay for my training.
3) As cash permits, take the modular approach and build my way towards a frozen ATPL over the course of a couple of years.
4) Result should be debt free, and have my fATPL. Go get instructor rating.
5) By this time, I have a few years in chosen alternate career (this is good because it can always be there to fall back on). Go find instructor job, either part or full time.
6) Build hours as instructor. Experience students trying to kill me. Apply to airlines as my CV starts to beef up hours and experience wise.
7) Hopefully, at some point, get offered some kind of airline job, whether its a turboprop or jet offer, take it.
8) If turbo prop, get more hours, beef up CV further, apply for jet jobs. And so on...
All the while, I'll have my BSc Computer Science (Hons) and some kind of career to fall back on and support me through tough times. Hopefully low debt due to modular approach.
Sounds like you've taken/planning a similar approach to myself.
I studied IT (BSc) and will be looking to build my certifications/experience in the field before entering my long/costly flight training. If I come out with a fATPL and no job then I'll go into contracting earning more than a FO until I'm successful with my flying CV. I'd be more than happy to work full time as a FI if funds allow or work 3 days in IT, 3 days as a FI with 1 day off per week.
I'll be looking to go to EAA to carry out my FAA PPL in Oct/Nov (still need to book it) then come home and build some hours while studying the ATPL GS via BGS and then getting a J1 Visa and completing the FAA MEP/CPL/IR/CFI and converting them when I get back to the UK.
Good luck.