Everything that you need to know
Right, for those who are new to this game.
Learning to fly an airliner will cost lots of money, almost certainly you need to find it yourself. If you are 18-25 you are not too young to start, if you are 30-45 you are not too old to start. If you do a degree you will get a lot from it, but almost certainly it will not help your airline career, although there are other flying jobs than being in an airliner. Do the licence that is valid in the country you are have nationality to work in. It is possible to fly for fun instead of being paid to fly. You need a class 1 medical for most professional flying jobs so do that first. There are two routes to get your fATPL - integrated and modular, the first *may* give you an advantage with a few airlines, in getting your first job - but also costs twice as much, and the odds of getting a first job with one of those airlines are tiny anyhow - so mostly integrated is just money donw the drain. MPL probably will generate acceptable first officers, but is incredibly inflexible and for years most of your colleagues will assume that you actually can't fly for toffee, and certainly you'll get no flying job except in an airliner whilst with a CPL/fATPL you might. There are far more newly qualified pilots than jobs, flying is not the only profession for which that is true - live with it and stop whingeing. Flying is supposed to be fun, if you aren't in it to enjoy the flying - whatever other reasons - go and do something else.
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