Not really because you would have to hour build up to 175 hours before starting the course. And then do your IR afterwards.
You need to make a spread sheet up with all your variables and then have a total for the different ways and see which one is cheapest for the prices you can obtain. It all depends how much you are paying per hour for hour building etc and which countries you are doing the bits of training in. And course prices. Some schools won't let you do things in a certain way which also adds to the mix. Some because they think there way is the best and others because the CPL instructor is only allowed to teach on singles and you would need the IR instructor and aircraft which maybe fully booked.
Last edited by mad_jock; 8th October 2013 at 11:57.