Originally Posted by CRJJ

Risk it all sounds a bit dramatic

I don't know who you listen to or where do you read those stories...BUT that's a bunch of crap.

No AQP, that's true, but we do have CBTs, failure rates are not high at all. Systems, you're on your own, but there's some ground school and plenty of SIM, like a LOT.

People call it a big boy training program, and it's just that. Don't expect someone telling you what paragraphs to read and when to go to bed. But you have all the material and support you may need to succeed.

No need to get nervous. That won't help you. You need determination and commitment, and then you won't have any problem.

Plenty of manuals yes (FCTM FCOM 1&2 FOM and tons of good PDFs and presentations.