your best bet is to go to the USA and be a rel pilot and forget stupid JAA. you are right about money. the JAA are more intereted in wallet than your training. if you have 150000 eu dollars you can do anything- comand concorde no problem. in fact the JAA are probably more interested in finding the average length of a pilots dick in the jaa or counting the average number of rivets found in a aircrafts wing. if you want any avation career advice you should com to any eu mcdonlads. there are many pilots working in these places with jaa ATP licenses.
Renaudierre
FAA ATP pilot