Hello all.

I am a 24 year old A&P Helicopter Technician currently working in the Middle East (trying to pay off my student loans from A&P school). I have always wanted to be a pilot, either corporate jet or Airline pilot, and am starting to think that now is the time to get the ball rolling.

My current job is ending soon, and whether or not I will have continued employment here is a bit sketchy (we can say 66% chance I keep my job, 33% chance I lose it). I make far more money here (probably about 1.5x all things told) than I did in the states, but I've been here for 3 years and am getting sick of it. My question for you is, what do you think I should do? I can either:

1) Stick it out here to try and save up as much money as possible this year before going back to the states and starting my Pilot's Training
or
2) Leave in the next few months voluntarily with a decent chunk of money and start my Pilot training now

One of the schools I was looking at is Spartan College (where I got my A&P), but to get the full training takes 33 months and $90k USD. Not even option 1 would get me much more than 50% of the money saved up. I feel like there's no "right" decision to make here, so I'm asking you all since you'll have a different perspective on it than I do.

Should I prioritize staying here and saving up the money? Or should I try getting into the training as soon as possible to build up the hours? I know piloting school isn't cheap, and new pilots don't really earn a great living.. so I am really stuck.