Now heres a thaught that just came to me, so this is little more than thinking aloud. One of the main delays in getting new (read never flown commercially on AOC before) online is the fire, first aid and wet drills.
I don't want this to get bogged down with the whole paying for type rating argument, but would anyone be interested in sitting on one of our courses, I think the outlay is minimal, and it would make you more attractive to the GA operators. (I am fairly sure that it is global and not operator specific)
Anyone interested send me a private message and I will contact you next round.
From memory I think the whole lot is about 120 quid, if we get enough together it may even be less.
Phil