'HIALS' it's not about flying anymore these days I reckon, heavens knows you can teach a monkey to fly a modern day jet it's more about where you want to reside/work & under what T&C's, flying the plane is the eay bit i'd say!
You will get all sorts of reactions here within PPRUNE about yr question, you posted a question that you obvioulsy believed vaild but only you know what you want at the end of the day.
I believe that
VB are nothing special but they might very well suit you as an individual, base yr decisons on that fact.
The beauty about aviation is that it's like the WX, ya never know what to expect the very next day! Unless you live in QLD then that's too damn boring for me
Choose wisely yr future, PPRUNE probably shouldn't be part of that chose
CW