In need of some serious advice
I have been wanting a career as a pilot for at least 5 years now. I currently reside in Windsor, Canada. As I understand, flying schools here are much cheaper than they are in Europe and I am probably going to stay here. However, my problem is deciding what I will do after high school as I am currently in grade 12. My marks are good and everything and I can get into University where my parents want me to go, yet I want to go to a flying school and pursue a flying career. My parents will be able to help me somewhat and pay off at least a 1/3 of my education but that's about it.
1)I am not really sure what to do, I was thinking of taking a year off and working full time in a factory and earning some money to pay at least for my whole flying school which should cost me around $35000 CAD which is probably around 27-28KUSD. After I earn around 40-50k hopefully in a factory I would right away go to Flying School and College(as backup).
2)The other plan is to take a large loan, get my licences, go to College(as backup) and then find a job somewhere in the bush(Northern Canada) or somewhere else and constantly work to pay it off. The advantage of this is that I will start my flying career earlier on but the disadvantages are that I may not get a job soon enough to pay this back or just that I may not be able to pay it off.
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So what do you people think about this? I am desperate for some good advice regarding this. Any comments would be highly APPRECIATED