Follow that plan and you'll be a burned-out, pi**ed off 50 year old RJ pilot in only 7 years. First, this industry can change direction in weeks; don't get too committed to a career path yet. Plan on getting a good education that will provide you with options for a good income outside of flying. Consider the various branches of the military. You are young.

I know a 15 year old who wa in love with flyng, Dad helped him, financially, to solo on his 16th birthday. Dad insisted on college, so this guy worked at the local airport thru college, getting his CP, ME and IR licenses. Bummed any kind of flying time available. In college, he met a guy who helped him get into AF UPT thru the ANG. This kid went thru pilot training just on the dream of getting an airline job. Well, the airline job lasted 4 years before bankruptcy happened and said airline disappeared. I've loved my career despite NONE of it working out the way I hoped. Military flying was fun, challenging, has given me chances few people have, airline flying was boring to the extreme, what I do now, at 58, is fun, challenging and uses everything I've learned in those various careers.

Enjoy it, but don't get burned out.

GF