CHIEF! congratulation there is always lucky people in this world, HOWEVER the reason is almost impossible to get a job in Europe without a TR is because people like YOU MR. CHIEF
Go the FI job route, for sure, you will learn HOW to fly, where the limits of the plane are (either your student is going to take you there or you will explore little by little) You will learn how to be smooth (there are some people out there that they do not get that there is more plane behind you and sometimes they are passenger on that part of the plane) and like somebody pointed out you will learn how to "fly AND talk" which although it sounds easy it is not (it might become handy in let's say an emergency)
I personally try not to hire people that they pay for a job (TR)