Fogbound,
Redsnail is right ! What language are you fluent in ? I'm a french national learned to fly in the US. Been flying for 2 years and working on my JAA conversion. I got some JAA Distance Learning notes in french and I couldn't even understand the question !!! I just don't have the vocabulary in french. So, I turned to the UK and found myself much more confortable.
No ****ing way around it,
- Learn for the 14 examns, pass them.
- Take your CPL flight test (UK,US or others).
- Take your IR/ME flight test (UK only!)
- Get your MCC
And after all that come back on PPrune to complain about lack of jobs... World sucks... (just kidding !!!)