Airline pilot career path.
21 years old. Shell out €150,000 for CPL & type rating.
With luck join a LoCo soon after flight school: unless on a 'scheme'.
Graft for 4 years.
Achieve command.
Graft another 2 years in LHS.
30 years old. Bale out and go to China as captain.
Graft for 10 years at U$300,000pa.
40 years old, retire, go live like a king is some sunny clime and buy a small a/c and fly for fun in paradise. Perhaps even work as an island hopper pilot with Netflix and your 60" flat screen in your beach hut with your yacht moored in the bay.
Make sure only 1 wife max.