RSFTO, thanks for recognising me as a smart chap, but you have me wrong, I am currently training towards the FI rating and not linked to any schools.
IN AIRLINE OR CARGO OR AEROTAXI OR ANY PAID TRANSPORT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT NOBODY GIVES ANY IMPORTANCE TO SINGLE ENGINE HOURS AS FI
I have to disagree with you here, I dont know where you are from, but in the UK, I worked in ops for a freight company and FOs mainly came from an instructing and some times air taxi background, from there I moved onto a FTO and air taxi company working in ops, there air taxi pilots again came from the flying school or from other schools where they had been working as instructors.
The market is slow at the moment, but instructors are recognised over the 250 hour fATPL holder, and Im sure there are many examples of the success of such on here who will hopefully back up my observations.