Have you considered the Armed Forces?
Particularly the RAF in which I serve. Before the cynics on here jump on about the Defence Review coming soon, we will still need to recruit young pilots for quite a while yet. The queen taught me to fly and although my current engagement is coming to and end, and yes I too hope to become an airline pilot when I leave, doing it the way I have won't saddle you with thousands of pounds of debt, you also get to do some of the more "interesting" flying rather than just up and down as gently as possible.
There are pro's and con's to both ways of life. I just offer it up as an idea.
Happy to try and answer and questions you may have.