BoeingDreamer,
That isn't the whole story though is it? Airlines are generally not much interested in pilots with 250 hours. The only exceptions (as few as they are) is in those airlines who operate "cadet schemes." Where those schemes are operated, they are usually in partnership or affiliation with one of the major training providers, through one of their integrated schemes.
In recent years, the wholesale collapse in recruitment has resulted in a scarcity of jobs for people coming through these schemes such that many do not get taken up by the airline customers, either at all. or on the terms they might have hoped for. Despite this, there are signs that things are starting to improve. Of course it is anybodies guess, how sustained this limited recovery might be, but nevertheless it is what it is.
I am afraid that the simple truth is, 250 hours and a licence, is simply not going to excite interest from almost anybody other than those who operate cadet schemes. Those schemes will set a standard that includes a recognised and afflilated full time course of approved training.
The "cadets" that I do and have flown with, are all sourced from this route. None are modular trained licence holders. Obviously there is nothing stopping somebody who has been trained through any route obtaining employment at "airline" level, but not with 250 hours!
Historically there have always been "fast track" cadet schemes in some small measure. Where they existed, they always recruited from or in conjunction with "approved" full time recognised courses. What used to be termed the "self improver" route required at least 700 hours for licence aquisition and considerably more for the experience levels required for airline employment. The reduction in hours required for licence issue has changed little for "integrated/approved" courses. However it has dropped from 700 hours to around 200 hours for "modular/non-approved" licence issue. This was to bring the sysytem more into line with that that existed in other countries, where the licence was viewed more as a basic "aerial work" licence, rather than an airline pilot qualification. This caused many hopefuls to think that airlines might realign their requirements from experience measured in the thousands, to a simple 200 odd hours. It didn't!
So yes, you are right in the sense that "modular is cheaper" it usually is, and always has been in its historic guises. However for the sort of "fast track" that many people aspire to (and certainly relatively few will achieve,) only these integrated programmes will be suitable. However if 250 hour airline employment is where somebody (however ambitiously) has set their sights, then there are very few games in town, and I am afraid "go modular" isn't one of them.