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if you want to train here in the u.s specifically california where you gain more experience flying busy airports and land at lots of different airports i think would be better. faa here only requires hs diploma. anyway, depends on your strategy if you want to finish school first. training from zero to cpl is 6-9 months in my school depending on your pacing obviously. costs 38k to 42k dollars including evrything school related except housing. goodluck!