CPL / ME / IR
Its a lot of money all at once, but it worked for me :
25 hrs in an Arrow for the CPL, then straight on with 15 hours in the same Arrow IR, then 15 hours IR in a Turbo Arrow, then 6 hours in a Seneca ME, and straight on with a further 15 hours in the Seneca IR. Almost at the end of the Seneca IR time I did 5 hours in a Sim to hone up the holds etc. I did the CPL S/Test on a good day somewhere in the middle of the S/E IR, and the ME S/Test immediately before the 170/A. Flying the Turbo Arrow was only slightly more money than the N/A Arrow, but had the same instrument fit as the Seneca, and almost the same speeds etc. I reckoned that once I started, I didn't want to stop, so it was worth waiting until I got the money together for all of it - and I got a lot of good quality hours, and a first time IR.