I have read many messages from'wannabes' and have heard nothing but 'go for it' from the pprune community.
I think you are starting off on the road to your ATPL with the wrong attitude, you only have 6 hours under your belt and you are already whingeing about the obstacles to overcome, the cost, ignorance, the attitudes of professionals.
FACTS.
It will cost you shed loads of cash.
It will cost you every second of your spare time.
It will be a sh*t load of grief.
You will be working for poverty wages for many years instructing.
If you haven't understood the above, even at 6 hours, maybe you ARE doing it for the wrong reasons.
You fly because you LOVE to fly, it's in your blood, your every waking moment and not because one day you might be Concorde Captain with a shiny uniform.
I am only a humble PPL with 100 hours and no intention of pursuing it as a career, I am happy with my lot and my weekly jaunts from here to there and back again. So do whatever makes YOU happy whether it's PPL, ATPL or trainspotting, your doing it for yourself and not for other people.
28th,,