Can you not get into instructing/GA side?
I am sure he/she
can 'get into' instructing/GA side - provided he/she has a CPL (possibly and IR) and the ability to pay for an FI rating.
The question of whether he/she
will 'get into' it is a completely different one. With an almost certain answer of no. And suggesting someone pays £6-7K for an FI rating to get 'part time' work which pays £250 a month is easier said than done.
Where has this myth come from that everyone will only resort to a Cargo, GA or a Flying instructor job if they are on the verge of losing everything and have no other option? Or that it hasn't occured to us to try these other branches of commercial aviation? If I get asked whether I would consider flying instruction of flying 'little private jets' again I think I will scream.