Pilotchap is either rather pessimistic or has been to a very expensive school. It is possible zero to frozen ATPL for around £40,000 on a modular course, everything done in this country.
However you will of course have to live for about a year while sitting the course. It need not take two years as Wobbles suggests, it is a similar length of course to the integrated if modules are sat in turn immediately, nor is it necessarily much cheaper to do parts of the course abroad. His order is also wrong, as you must complete the ATPL groundschool before the CPL or IR tests on a modular course.
Best of luck with the road to becoming a pilot - email me if I can answer any queries.
Last edited by Send Clowns; 20th Sep 2002 at 18:19.