Want to do CPL, help needed

Question

Hi,

Well if I ask "How to get a CPL?" then one may easily answer by saying "get 35k and head towards some flying school", but theres more than meets the eyes.

My situation is way too much different then any of you guys. I'm a Pakistani Muslim, u gettin my point?!? I'm proud of my religion though, but I'll have much probs to get a CPL from a better place.

There are also some flying schools here in my country too, but cost is more or less the same, but the quality is much poorer.

One of my friend from pakistan has just completed his CPL and now he's increasing his Flying Hours as an instructor in Florida, but he has an American citizenship, so dont have much problems.

Another problem that I might face is to convince my parents to spend such an anount of money, cause I've heard that now days its a risk to spend so much as theres a scarcity of pilot jobs, and one needs more than 1000 hours.

flying is like my passion, cant even think not going on that side.

Also tell me the costs, according to my research it'll cost around $35,000-US, and what are the job opportunities for foreigners, like if I do CPL from US will i get a job easily there and get a work permit?

Answer 1

There are plenty of Indians and Pakistanis training here in the U.S. so you might want to head west.  Try $50,000 for training, but if its your passion then you have to go after it.  As far as jobs after training, you're probably better off trying to get a job in India or the UAE where they need pilots like crazy.