£20k to go - Options post CPL
Hello all,
I am currently studying the ATPL's by correspondence with Bristol Groundschool (140 hours at the moment) and am looking for advice from you all.
I have £20,000 available for further training and, although the decisions are not upon me yet, I have been thinking a lot recently about the route to take after the ATPL exams and CPL.
The most appealing option up until recently was to shirk the IR, and instead go for a FI(R) course. What is the collective wisdom on that, I mean, would not having an IR make it harder to get the 'first job'?
First I should make it clear that instucting is very attractive to me, and I would prefer to follow that path.
"However"
Recently there has been quite a few postings stating that instructing is a dead option. WWW for one has said there are very few openings countrywide.
The general feeling coming through the wannabees forum in the last 3 months at least has been that people would be better positioning for CPL/IR to be followed perhaps with a MCC. Then to get a reasonably well paid job, keeping current in Sims, perhaps some limited flying and to network/play the waiting game. My wariness of this path stems from:
(1) Concern about money drying up, leaving it necessary to borrow to stay current, or even to complete the training.
(2) Shedloads of others out there trying to do same.
So in my own mind, I have still been feeling that instructing is what I really want to go for. I am hoping for instructing jobs to be opened up when the recovery (when!! is the word) comes.
So this isn't a clear cut question, and there are no right or wrong answers. I am simply looking to soak up what everyone else is feeling at the moment, which will help enormously. Please post anything you feel might help the thread develop.
Best regards,
Laurie.