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Old 24th Dec 2011, 06:31
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KAG
 
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It seems you are well aware of the situation.
So really that's up to you.

One side: oil price is not decreasing, production of conventional oil will decrease in 2015, meanwhile western countries will have to deal with their debts for the next 10 years, and your savings might just disappear if you never find a job (but you know that right?)
The other side: you have to do something with your life anyway. Should it be aviation and nothing else, despite the difficulties? Only you have the answer.

24 years old? It means you will be in the aviation industry for 40 years, up to 2052. What do you think about 2052? Automatic airplanes like drones, and fleet reduced anyway because of the energy crisis? Highly possible right?

I don't see this job as a career for the next 40 years. Keep your money, get an extremely cheap CPL in north america (Canada and Australia are hiring a bit right now in general aviation) with maybe an instructor rating and save you money, build up your career from there and see where it goes. If you leave it, you won't regret it as you actually had the opportunity to work as a pilot without spending your savings.

Don't aim at something without propeller whith a brand new CPL licence, for many reasons.
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