loungefart... yours sounds like a solution that, as you say is cheap and you say the best...this is what i am looking for.
however all over this site as well as elsewhere i've heard that airlines like you to stick to one school, for consistency in training... does doing the ATPL and IR in another school count as 'changing schools'?
I'm looking to do the ATPL at BGS...which is supossodly a great place to do it..am i correct? so wouldn't airlines prefer that you've done the ATPL exams in a better gs rather than doing them in your 'flying' school? And what about the IR? OBA..the school i'm looking at doesn't offer IRs unless you do the Intergrated course..which I'm not looking at doing currently.
Also I was hoping to apply to the CTC ATP course for the MCC and holding pool... is this a good idea or is it better to just do it yourself and start applying to airlines?