what are the odds ill end up in a boeing 777...or maybe even a 787, whenever that is in the air..or any widebody...i hope its not like a lottery...thats only a lucky few win the honor...
There's your first problem right there. The honor? It's not an award, it's a job. It's a means of supporting yourself. You start looking at it like it's some great privilege which is bestowed upon certain worthy individuals, and you will make decisions that you shouldn't be making in this, or any other career.
As far as flight training goes, if you have the means, you can be a licensed commercial pilot in less than a year, if you dedicate yourself to it. But that is just getting the licenses. After that, all of your career success depends on luck, and by luck I mean "where preparation meets opportunity."
This is very important. I know many pilots who have spent their entire careers working at third-rate, marginal operators because they were not prepared when opportunity came along, or because opportunity never presented itself. Others were just always on the wrong side of the hiring curve. They missed one hiring boom, and by the time the next one came along, they were too entrenched where they were. When you're making 80K with a good quality of life working a regional, it can be hard to give that up to go sit reserve at the bottom of seniority list, even if it is at "a major."
Some will say that timing is everything. I suppose that is technically true, but it's not like you have any control over the timing of things. All you can do is be prepared to take advantage of an opportunity if/when it comes.
Another thing to think about. You've taken one flight and found it to be cool. So did I when I first started flying. But flying for fun and flying professionally are two different things. Flying for fun means YOU get to decide where, when and how you fly. When you fly professsionally, all that changes. You fly when where and how your employer tells you to. You rarely get to say no, and when you do you need to have a darn good reason. This means that for the majority of your career, will WILL be working early mornings, late nights, graveyards, weekends, holidays, long days, and minimal rest. You may think that will be fine, but consider 10 or 15 years from now when you have family. Still sound like a good idea? Also, flying is lifestyle that is hard on the body. The average age of death of an airline pilot is 69, at least it was a few years ago.
Have I scared you off? If not, you passed the first test. You have to be crazy to want to be an airline pilot.