I am English but learnt to fly in Australia, I saw many of my instructors and friends go onto bigger and better things while I was training.
What I did notice was that although some of them were lucky enough to go onto jets this did not seem the norm.
More often than not most of them went onto either piston twin or turbo prop operations for many years before going into a RHS of a jet.
I am now back in the UK and have been instructing for some 5 years. I would think that although a RHS would be an ideal I would be extremely happy in a turbo-prop flying for one of the many airlines that operate them.
I think I would learn a great deal from turbo prop operations and would welcome the opportunity.
I have had the opportunity to go through the interview process with Ryanair and was not successful. I wish all the others who did get through through the best of luck and believe that one day my day will come.
Would I buy a type rating Though ????
It seems easy to say no right now , but after some 3100 hours of flying light aircraft it does often get tempting to weaken. But with no real offers on the cards the idea of loaning £20,000+ and then having to pay back more at the end of the day with the interest, it sobers you up.