IFR rating is good so perhaps go for FIR. Otherwise CPL charter will be a struggle on its own with low mins. Well, these operators get a whole pile of Resume’s from like pilots every season. Back in the day we used to separate the pile. Tropics trained pilots who were the 1%, top of the pile. IFR/NVFR next, bare CPL last. We also took vast PPL flying into account. However this was waaaay back in the day.
The ones who get the charter jobs up north with bare mins are usually the people who did all their training in that region. Ie-the operators already know of them before they have even finished their CPL. And not many train far north these days so these guys are fairly valuable to some in the form of a better understanding of the challenging met conditions.
If you instruct for a few years, Grade 1, IFR, ATPL, you are quite valuable. Although I would try and do a FIR rating with a mob who can potentially offer a job at the end. That’s the next roadblock
Last edited by PoppaJo; 24th Feb 2020 at 03:54.