Edit: Mad jock beat me to it
I think OP is correct, do the CPL last and save money. The 'old modular route' is expensive now thanks to EASA changes (you need 200hrs to commence CPL training, where previously it was 200hrs for skills test). The reason we all go modular is to save money! Baring in mind that unusually cheap training does occasionally mean poor training.
Also, the difference between having 200 and 230 hours is nothing and won't make the tiniest difference in having a job.
Couple of things though newb1112:
Sim time doesn't count towards total time. So your 20 hours MCC and 40 hours of sim in the IR won't count towards your 200hours for CPL. Can you even do an MCC without a CPL?
Exactly how you are going to structure this, I don't know as this EASA change is pretty new and I never experienced it. It seems like a lot more than 80 hours to build, I estimate roughly 120-130hrs. But chances are you won't do a PPL in minimum hours
Last edited by pudoc; 23rd Sep 2013 at 21:20.