MB-Realtor

I don't do advice anymore.

I can tell you that the only things in my life I regret, are the things I didn't do.

Danny B

Have you asked your folks if you can live rent free and eat their food for the next 3 years? You should be able to save a decent chunk of change this way.

Piff Poff

Join the Air force? Moving to Canada won't solve your housing issues or your love life issues.

scrubbedexpat091

No loans available to help cover the costs?

I know a few pilots but all trained in the US or Canada but they all had to take out pretty substantial loans to pay for training and work for the rest, at least the ones who went the civilian route along with having to work for crummy regional airlines for a fair amount of years until they had enough hours to get on with a mainline carrier, a few went into the US military and let the military train them.

UK have a military route you could take?

BristolUK

I did a bit of googling and the cost seemed to come between $12k and $20k

You sure?

zdenka

My experience: no, but not worse.

My experience: absolutely NOT

This move might be a good change for you if you just need a change of scenery but be prepared for some struggle in the beginning. I heard the pilot school here isn't cheap either but it may be more doable for you. Have you started taking baby steps? Like making sure you'd even pass the physical exam? I would also look at how transferable the training is, not just the school itself but seniority and such. You can always move elsewhere or go back if things don't work out. Good luck.

theotherlebowski

when it comes to your love life, you are who you are no matter WHERE you are. just moving to a new country isn't going to solve that element. find something that makes you happy to do with your life then believe it or not you'll become more attractive. no-one wants to date someone who hates their life. sorry to sound cold about it but would you?

christmasoompa

Yeah, that 93 year old woman that did 283 days of official engagements last year, as well as meetings, correspondence etc in-between them, is really 'doing squat'. For reference, there are 261 working days in a year for us normal folk. Most 93 year olds would have been retired for nearly 30 years.

You can get loans for pilots courses. But if you don't want to go down that route, you work your bits off, save carefully, and potentially get equity in your home. Unfortunately, few would have it magically appear when only 25. It's taken me 20+ years (and a lot of hard work) to get what I've wanted. You'd make £80k on most properties in a few years if you get on the property ladder, possibly more. It will happen if you aim for it and save hard enough. Or why not look at joining the RAF? If your aim is to become a pilot, that seems the obvious choice to me. Have you been in the Air Cadets since a teen?

MillieF

Engineer_abroad

Siouxie

Here's some options for you for pilot training..
Ground training - online / remote! https://www.pilottraining.ca/index.p...ategory_id=274

You can get your private pilots license (which is a pre-requisite for moving onto commercial pilot) for around $13k at the Waterloo Flight Centre - https://www.wwfc.ca/wp-content/uploads/PPL-2019.pdf (don't have to download, opens in separate tab). Baby steps - don't think of it in one huge chunk, do it in attainable stages! There's a suggested 'modular' way of attaining a commercial pilot license here: https://www.wwfc.ca/modular-approach/


Or you could... hmm thinking outside of the box! Come on your IEC, decide if you like Canada enough to stay... apply for Permanent Residence.. then as a PR apply to somewhere like this for a course - as a PR you might qualify for student loans/grants http://www.flybfc.com/copy-of-rental-info-1 and then you could see if you can get on one of the Airline courses https://www.airgeorgian.ca/soar/recruitment/ and https://flyjazz.ca/en/careers/pilots/pathwaysprogram/ or.. loads of links on google

Tumbling_Dice

A couple of things - you seem to have goals, namely to be a pilot and to move to the US. Put simply, you need to start there.

In your shoes, I would be trying everything I could to fulfill at least one of those (the pilot one), even if it takes years. Love lives and houses can wait. You mention are are near to being able to buy a home - I assume in the London area - so you must have a decent deposit and must be a decent saver. Have you sat down and worked out how long it would take to get cash for the pilots courses, whether there are other means of funding available that would cut that short etc? I guess I am saying that you need to delve into this is sufficient detail so that you know for a fact that it is not going to happen before you discard it. Imagine later on finding that you could have made it happen.

The other thing I would point out is quantifying why you want to move from the UK and why Canada. Do you know the differences in things and will you be able to cope with that? Is Canada a bandaid for needing to really sit down and have some honest conversations with yourself? Is it a proxy for a change you want and for which you have to merely settle? Do you want to "waste" (I use the term advisedly) a few years of your life, and those hard earned savings, on an unidentified goal or a hoping that somehow you will get moved to the States?

Those are questions I would ponder. If you have no answers, they are still worth pondering at length, and you could do this whilst also having a great experience of living in and seeing a different country. Think about wat you want from Canada, and think about the impact it may have on your other goals. Definitely think about it if considering Toronto. Brilliant city, but I can't see how it will be much different, at a basic level, than London for you.

Good luck with the deliberations - this is an exciting time in life and you should not be afraid to try things or confront things, but do temper it with some deeper consideration. Thus endeth the lesson.

scilly

Tumbling Dice ..................

the OP said that moving to Canada would bring him closer to moving to the US. So that seems the only reason Canada has entered the picture

But moving from here to there ain't going to happen easily!

not2old

I'm considered old & not too wise, just basic street smart.

have you been to Canada previously?

do you have enough money to carry you - for how long in Canada without a job, do you know the cost of living for the place that you are planning on being in Canada?

rent & cost of living is expensive even on minimum wage being employed full time

on a IEC, what are your chances of getting IT work (how quickly) competing against unemployed IT people in Canada?

on the private pilots license in Canada it will cost you approx $10k - $14k

this is what you have to deal with in your 1-2 years in Canada,

on your life ambition, I wish you all the best (luck) on your journey.

dbd33

Depends on the fashionability of the skills on offer; with the right skills work is there tomorrow (with or without a visa).