The only ways to get into airline industry in Europe are the following:
- Integrated course sponsored by airline or not sponsored. If not sponsored do it at a good flight training provider that may have connections with airlines;
- MPL Scheme;
- Ryanair and other low cost carriers;
- P2F and taking the risk to lose your RHS because another young pilot wants to pay to fly an A320 or 737.
I'm going for the modular way and I will probably be a flight instructor. I'd like to start flying at Ryanair or get a job with an airline without paying - a bond would also be acceptable.
I wouldn't mind if I never got a seat in the airline industry. General Aviation and bizjet industry are more exciting and funnier! Well... hard to find a RHS on a bizjet too, but networking is the key work.
There are a lot of experienced pilots around looking for job. Spanair and Malev collapsed recently.
In Italy there are still plenty of ex-Alitalia pilots on forlough. In Germany Cirrus Airline collapsed recently too. Air A!ps in Austria lost his AOC for two weeks or so and now flyes on a reduced route map.
I'm starting on August.