all good posts
about doing an instructors rating however, i got my first 500 hours with the help of a grade 3 rating then decided to try my luck "up north" specifically darwin and kununurra. to my disappointment, a lot of operators in the area didn't take my hard earned instructional time too seriously and being only a grade3 made it difficult to get instructing work too. a catch 22 situation with too much experience of the wrong sort to get into charter and not enough experience of the right sort to get into instructing. my advice, think very carefully about which road you wish to take before shelling out for an instructor's rating.