Bit of a decision time, advice please
Hi i was hoping to get a bit of advice from some slightly better informed people on here. Basically my situation is I got my PPL last December and have recently begun the Oxford Distance Learning course with a view to getting all of my ATPL exams finished around May next year with a view to taking the modular route and getting my CPL/ME/IR by the end of next year. After that I would apply for any low hour pilot job anywhere and could pay for a type rating if it would help. I know this has porbably been asked lots of times but is this way too early to finish in relation to the job market?
Id love to work in Asia, initially for someone like VivaMacau, but i find most of the time when people are talking about the economy on PPrune, the job market in Europe is what is mostly discusssed, is it any easier to get a job in places like Asia?
I feel my situation is slightly different to others in that I have quite a well paid job on the side and have saved around 40K to pay for everything i need to next year and so once ive got my licenses i will not have debts to pay and be under pressure to get a job right away. my only worry is that if i finish way too early my licenses will eventually become invalid making it even harder to get a job.
My other issue is that i am back living with my parents whilst doing my ATPLs and they think its best for me to finish asap and worry about a job when im in a position to get one whilst i am happy to study at my leisure and work part time to make some more money as i go along.
Part of me sees the benefit of just going for it and work my ass off to finish asap and another part of me thinks its a mistake and i should explain to my parents more about how sh*t the economy is and make more money working from home.
What do you think? thanks for any advice and sorry for long winded post