Since you have the Basic Training Certificate it would be a terrible waste of all your work not to get the 2 years work experience you now need.
Why give up now? Yes, you'll have to work unlicensed, for peanuts maybe, but when you get the licence it will be worth it.
Of course you should go for the 2 years. Get a job in a primary maintenance organisation working on large aircraft (ideally with A1 Rating), explain your objectives to them, and log every task you are involved with with full details of the aircraft, task and reference, ATA number, etc etc so that you have a complete and auditable record. Do whatever you have to do to get the NAA to say that this is what they want to see, and if not, what they do want.
There's a lot more information about work experience in Part 66; you should read it up before going to the NAA.
Good Luck!
By the way, what is the Part 147 Approval Number on your certificate?
Last edited by Capot; 28th Apr 2015 at 07:43.