I agree. I have taken advice from this site & existing pilots who have seen this '7 year cycle' before. I personally could not afford the intergrated route, but even if money was no object - why? We know this situation is not going to right itself overnight. I have PPL, and have started the atpl theory through distance learning. In the meantime I need to build up a few more hours, gain night rating etc. I felt I needed to start this way now as I am 29 and would like to be actively looking whilst instructing by the time I am 33.
Lets hope it works out for everyone!
