I completely agree with potkettleblack!
When I read "do something radical and get an instructor rating..." I laughed.
Thanks for a good chuckle mate!
At least getting a SSTR is in the right direction (even though it's perhaps not the best way). By going to instruct in the beginning of your career, you are effectively undermining the whole idea of quality training. I have during my training seen to many instructors just doing it for the hours and it's just not fair to anyone involved.
What this buissness really needs is more of the small operators doing airwork and photoflights in small AC so that we can restore the natural steppingstones that used to be there. And then try to lure the more experienced pilots into being instructors.
/LnS