Good evening folks

I am at a fork in the road right now with the career path i wish to pursue and need some insight from people in the industry.

Started off with rotorcraft back in 2010 when I was pretty fresh out of high school and I loved every moment of it. I earned a commercial with instrument rating and was close to a cfi checckride when i ran out of money. The bad economy hit our flight school hard and i decided to save money until more jobs opened up. Fast forward to this spring when i started A&P school as a backup plan to my flying dream. Will graduate in spring of 2017.

As a noob in the flying world and approaching 27 years old, i would appreciate any advice for what the best path to becoming a pilot in the airlines would be. I am considering giving up on rotorcraft because of the low pay and how rare jobs are becoming. I plan on looking into acquiring a cheap Cessna 150 or Cherokee 140 to save some money through the training process. I am very goal oriented however with still trying to pay off rotorcraft flight school i do not anticipate this goal to be easy.

Thanks for the advise. It is appreciated