Hi EM
I'm assuming you are still in school or college, if funds are low then civil flying professionally is probably way off. I was in a similar point in life when I was studying A levels, I couldn' t wait to get flying. I didn't have the funds for flying, so i went and did a degree. Joined the University of london Air Squadron and gained many flying hours on the buuldog, being trained by RAF Hercules and Tornado pilots. They really taught you to fly well, and made the fying very challenging, I was doing solo aerobatics after only a few hours. IT WAS ALL PAID FOR BY THE TAXPAYER. You get given the option in your third year of joining the regular RAF as aircrew if selected which I found wsn't for me. I had 70 hrs of the best flying training money can't buy, under my belt for free and a degree! Managed to get a job in Air Traffic doing systems engineering (still here!!
) but it pays so well that I am now paying my way through fATPL training, and I am not having to get large loans to pay for it.
My advice go to University, join a UAS. See if you can get into the military. If you don't like it or make the grade (it is tough) you'll have a degree to get a well paid job to pay your way through the fATPL.
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