Many FIs I know have got turboprop or even jet jobs, one recently went to jets with just over 1000hrs TT. Of course, some of my friends are still slogging away with over 1500hrs of SEP time and are nearly getting mad, but instructing certainly opens doors and its cheaper and less risky than SSTR.
I know this makes sense, but try to explain it to those who think that they deserve a JetJob just b'cos the crawled through the ATPL 14 papers, did it in a shinny FTO, had epaullets on their shoulders for their first hr and...forked out the cash for a SSTR...If you do some word-swopping excercise in your own post you get more or less the same argue, in a jet-version, of course!
I'll stand by you and your choice, Dude. happy for your 1st job.
PZ
