If you are in a position to start training now, I would if I were you. There will be a big shortage of pilots in the next 2 to 3 years, believe me. Why?
Here is why. Most people are doing exactly, as some of them above with their advise to you. They simply will not take the "gamble" therefore very few trainees coming through.
You have to have the licence to be concidered for the job that comes up.
