LG, it takes round about 14months there, and hey, KQ doesn't cut corners in t7e training, it goes in the conventional way as u say. Start with your PPL, get your multi engine and then Comm with IR. From there u do your Jet orientation and Multi crew concepts then you head back to Kenya to convert the license. To be on the safe side, call it at least two years from the day u start is when you'll be in the flight deck on duty. The day to celebrate is the day you check in to that 737 or Embraer as an F.O. Thats the day to look forward to. Thats where life as a pilot starts. I cant wait to get there... As for now were just trainees... But all in all, as I said yesterday, this experience is way more than I expected...
Supercapt, hope to see u here in Nov, all the best. But if you've got to medical, ad suggest you start warming up. Those KQ guys are just last minute pips. They will give u less than a week's notice I tell u... Not unless things have changed.