I don't know which school he should choose, as that depends on which company is more likely to hire (bond I would have thought), which rating is more useful in longer term (135 I would have thought), so I guess I would go for bond.
Don't know if bristow have a problem with bond IR's but history suggests that that sort of garbage goes out the window as soon as they need someone urgently, I did my IR at cabair which I have to say was rubbish, and I would have walked out on day 1 if it were my money but luckily it wasn't, but the point is wherever you do it it's still an IR.
But also I think it is reasonable to point out that if he chooses an IR and doesn't get an instructor rating that he may find himself not flying at all, which would not be likely to happen the other way round, not muddying any waters just pointing stuff out.
Last edited by Camp Freddie; 18th Jun 2011 at 23:44.