Originally Posted by
ninerdriver
Get everything done on your own if you want to be more competitive. That includes the actual certificate, not just the written.
There is no one size fits all solution besides avoiding debt as much as possible and finding an income stream. After that try to figure out a way to build time, hopefully with somebody paying you instead of the other way around. I wouldn't bother with a restricted ATP. Once you have the full 1500 and 500 XC then get an unrestricted ATP. That might get your resume off the complete bottom of the stack.