Next steps?
 

Hi everybody, I want to ask about thoughts on what would be the best next steps for me in order to find my way into the cockpit. I know, this kind of aviation career consulting happened a lot in this forum, so if there are any threads that you feel reminded of and you think could benefit me having a look into, just attach them to this thread.
So just to lay out the basics about myself: I‘m 29 years old and live in Germany, have a PPL(A) with roughly 130 flight hours and Medical class 1. I aim to have 150 hrs and NVFR by the end of this year. I have a masters degree in economics and work since one year at an HR company. I started flying in 2015 and am since then waiting for the right moment to fully go into flying, but I first wanted to create a safety net first by finishing my studies and have some kind of work experience, which also explains why I only have 130 hrs so far and had phases (especially during the pandemic) where I wasn‘t flying. End of 2019 I passed the Lufthansa assessment (European Flight Academy), but the pandemic cancelled those plans then and I would need to redo the assessment fully. Now, I feel that I have created this safety net and I‘m determined to make the leap into the aviation industry. I‘m relatively flexible when it comes to relocation within Europe, as I have studied in a foreign country before. Following ways/programs are currently on the table: Easyjet/Volotea MPL, EFA ATPL, Aerologic ATPL, Self-funded ATPL. In case you want to add others for me to check out, please feel free to do so. Two considerations/questions I have:
1. For the MPL programs: would my flight experience be recognized for those programs and if so, how many hours get recognized? The price tag on those programs is huge and I couldn‘t find conclusive information on that.
2. I think that the cheapest (and possibly fastest?) option would be the self-funded route, but I fear that it comes at the expense of job-security. What are your thoughts on it? The aviation industry is so volatile that I guess you’ll never have a job-security and since I just love flying I don‘t really care for which carrier I would fly, as long as I‘m in the cockpit, even as an instructor in a 172.

I would be delighted to read your thoughts, in case you‘re not already bored out of your brains by this type of question.