Those of us with long memories will read comments like this:-
Not anymore, skip the FI, do an IR, and go N. Sea with 200 hrs +/-, why waste all that time and effort instructing for crap pay (like I did) when you can get a decent job with a salary, holidays etc etc
and realise how dangerous this advice is, sure it has worked recently for a while, but like the property market the NS job market is cyclical.
I was one of the last of around 40 people to be hired by one of the NS operators earlier this decade, shortly after I joined they stopped hiring and did not hire again for 3 (yes THREE) years, whether they had an IR or not.
Bravo 73 has it about right when he says
Ever heard of 'putting all of your eggs in one basket'?
and helimutt knows the score when he says
waiting for a downturn anyone? it'll happen.
its all a matter of how dangerous you are feeling today, right now I would do the low risk route and when I had more experience get the IR, but then I am not much of a gambler, I have met too many gamblers who have lost there shirt.
regards
CF