Originally Posted by
Bladecrack
I don't know any CPL/IR holders that can't get work at the minute...
I do. There was a thread recently about this very topic ie 'CPL/IR with 200hrs but can't get a job in the NS. Help.' There were 2 people that I sent PMs to with suggestions for alternative areas of work. (And bear in mind that those 2 were the 'vocal minority'. I'm sure that there were others in the same position who were reading the thread.)
But the outcome was basically this: with a CPL/IR and 200hrs, your ONLY option is the NS.
There are other (onshore) operators who are now employing CPL/IR co-joes. But none of them are interested in 200hr newbies; they want a few hundred (if not a 1000hrs) experience first.
So if somebody really wants to give themselves the best chance of employment, I would do the following: CPL then FI. Work for 12 months as FI. (TT now 700-1000hrs.) Do IR. The world's your oyster!
