irish whale, becoming a certifyer might not be a good run up to pilot training, it will take you a long time to tick all the boxes to hold a licence, then you are still only a fully qualified but inexperienced engineer, i think that coming up to speed whilst banging away at a pilots licence on the side will be stressful to say the least (wallet and brain). how about being a mech as your job and doing your licence the incremental way? i know several people who are doing this and if you can get a job with an airline perhaps? you may make a few handy connections. . . . it is a big task becoming a fully booted and spurred engineer and i wouldn't recommend going through all that as a stepping stone.
