BP77,
the program you are missing is called
'The Big Picture'
it starts at 9:30pm - obviously past your bedtime.
Please don't consider yourself an elitest by paying 200k for a slot in a shiny jet. There are many intelligent people that see past this scam!
Consider this - GA jobs a plenty.
Go to a local flying school and fork out 60K for a licence maybe a tad more for ATPL theory. Work a part time job earning a quid to help pay for it.
GA up north is still happening and jobs are not that hard to come by.
Enjoy the single engine, multi engine progression.
Most of all enjoy the friendships and life experience you'll have. That will last longer than the time you wait to fly your fancy jet for a sub standard (in terms of employment conditions) airline.
Along with doing it that way you also might be able to borrow some cash and buy a house (not be debt laden) without being a burden on your parents!
Its not a harder path its a different rewarding path and you'll end up in an airline doing your command there abouts the same time your cadet buddies will be. In saying that I can assure you that the decisions you make as a captain will be a reflection or which way you go!