I had 1200 hours of ground school for the theory part only, plus around 500h. Total for briefings/debriefings and flying.
Plus Jet Conversion/MCC 40 hours sim plus 30 hours brief/debrief plus 50 hours classroom.
Typerating: 150 theory, 60 h. Sim, 45 h. Brief/debrief.
And this is without constant studying, upgrade courses etc etc...
At least 2000h. Of FORMAL TRAINING, MUCH MORE INTENSIVE THAN AT UNIVERSITY before your first job.
At university, you get MAXIMUM 800h. Of formal training per academic year, at a much slower intensity.
Those ridiculizing an ATPL have no idea and most probably are those who just studied the questions and answers without proper study of the content
