You are making a huge mistake
No offense man, but if you pay for your training to an airline, you are making a huge mistake. Do you know how many people hate pay for training guys in this industry? These other guys DO know what you are going through. They have been there too. The only difference is that they have more experience with your problem and therefore are able to make better decisions. Perhaps you should take their advice. Try traffic watch if you live in SoCal.
Do you really want to have your co-workers think you are a bottom-feeder before they even know you? If you must pay for flying, just go buy some multi time; you could try Ari-Ben Aviator in Florida or Arizona Aviation in Phoenix. You could get 250 hours of multi time for about $18,000. That way you are not lowering the pay for the rest of the industry. When you pay for airline training, you are helping to lower salaries industry-wide, this damages people's ability to support their families and when you hurt someone's family, they usually don't like you very much.
Be smart and take the advice from people with more experience in the industry than yourself.