Is it me or do some people who have never been out in the REAL world think that all there is to life is flying?... don't forget that you may want a nice car one day or a home the bank doesn't own, and be able to support a family if you have one.
...I let go of flying for 2 weeks out of every 3.
By the time i'm 26-27 I will OWN my home and have my shiny GT to drive to work (wherever I may be flying). I wont have to take out a loan on anything, and be able to say my entire training was self funded (how many Gen Y can say that?)
...Have fun being in the pointy end of a jet with a $300k mortage for the next 30 years.
My advice, get a job up North while China want the resources, it's not very often people can walk into a $120k/yr job with little or no experience.