"If I were you, I would find a way to set aside $6,000 for flight training. That should be about enough for you to get a private pilot license. If you try to pay for it as you go along you'll hit financial road blocks and end up having big gaps between flying time which will make you rusty. It will end up taking longer and being more expensive."

+1.

I'd like to add also that you should avoid getting student loans for flight training as much as possible. Save up as much as you can and use your own cash for flight training. Do it part 61 at your local airport.

Finish your current college degree. The airline LOVE a guy with a degree, no matter what field it's in. Besides, a degree separate from Aviation will give you a back up plan should Aviation jobs not be plentiful and/or you decide to not go through with it.

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