I have a friend that just got a job with Thomas Cook, he was on Mod 1 with me at BGS. He gave up work and did his PPL/ATPL in about 7 ish months.
He then went straight to Bartolini for his CPL/IR (Zero-fATPL in 11 months) got his FIC done and worked as a FI for whole summer in the UK. A dedicated and friendly guy and glad to see he got the job. Bartolini certainly wasn't a restricting factor for him.