Do any of you get a sun tan up there? It's not all doom and gloom, long sleeve shirts are more trendy anyway.
Regarding Chief Willy's point, I believe that if you are very young (early 20s or younger) there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't go modular. Jobs
may take longer but at the same time you're very young and within a few years a good job might just come for you. Working somewhere in an airline will be good.
I've seen it happen myself. Friend finished training modular, got into ops and within 3 months the airline, Jet2, offered him a interview to be a pilot. He never once applied for the pilot job but someone knew he was qualified and offered it.