Need a serious help

[noman.rasheed]

I'm probably one of the few actual pilots here (hold a commercial licence in Canada and the USA) so I'll try to chip in a bit.

This board is very US-centric and makes only occasional forays into the rest of the Anglosphere, mainly Canada and the UK. If you're interested in education in China or India, you're probably best served asking your question on a forum which specializes in those countries. From what I've seen, the main demand for foreign pilots in Asia tends to be for Canada/USA/JAA/Australia licenced pilots. I could be wrong, but that's what I always saw when I looked for any sort of foreign pilot positions in Asia. Americans usually fly in the US sphere of influence (Japan, Korea, etc.) and British/Canadian/Australian pilots tend to fly in the British sphere of influence (Hong Kong, Malaysia, etc.) Australia, however, does seem to have a shortage of pilots at the moment due partly to the mining boom, but I doubt an instructor could get a job in Australia and I'm not sure how easy it is to convert a Pakistani CPL into an Australian CPL/ATPL to get a "real" flying job. (It will, at the very least, require some sort of local Australian training) If you can get an 8 on IELTS, one of the state governments in Australia may sponsor an immigrant visa for you, even on a foreign licence.

I'm not really sure I understand what you're trying to say regarding your course of study. Nobody can decide what to study for you; you should make those kinds of important life-changing decisions on your own. Degrees are useful for pilots, especially if you want to work abroad, but it doesn't really matter what you study or where you get it if you just want to be a pilot. In fact, I'd advise studying anything but "professional aviation/aeronautics" so that you can have a way out in case something goes wrong with your flying career. Even sociology or American studies is better than professional aviation. If you want to work in aviation management, business is obviously the way to go but arts/science majors have a shot as well. Assuming you can convert your CPL to another country, I'll try to make my reply mainly about the distance learning options I've found (so far) for licenced pilots getting their training recognized for credit at other universities.

Embry-Riddle (USA, private): This is usually one of the go-to place for licenced pilots and former USAF guys to get a degree. It's very expensive but they recognize all major FAA certificates. Very respected in aviation circles, completely anonymous outside them. I think a plain CPL is worth about 15-18 credits there.

Utah Valley (USA, public): Cheaper alternative to Embry-Riddle to get a "professional aviation"/aviation management type degree. Less respected in the aviation world, and to my knowledge only accepts FAA certificates.

Athabasca (Canada): Grants a whopping 30 credits of block transfer credit towards a general science B.Sc. or 12 credits towards a general B.Comm degree for Canadian licence holders only. (Canadian CPLs require more meteorology/aviation science training than average) FAA licences are easily convertible to Canadian licences, and vice versa, so if you can get an FAA commercial certificate, you can get a Canadian CPL. As a bonus, they're also accredited in the US.

TESC (USA, public): 15 free elective credits for a base CPL plus 8 for MIFR and 4 for CFI towards most degrees, although they have aviation-related degrees available for those with CPL/MIFR where you can get more area of study credit.

I haven't done too much research into aviation degrees in Australia, but I do know that Australian education is very expensive for international students, (and even domestic students who aren't Commonwealth-supported) even more so than the rest of the Commonwealth or the USA. This has become even more pronounced with the sky-high Australian dollar. I think Massey in NZ have something which may be suitable but their external degrees generally require NZ citizenship/residency.

That was a complete answer. Thank you, I got a lot and have made my mind. But still one thing I want to ask you.
How would the state government sponsor me an immigrant visa if I score 8 in IELTS?