Beagle
As Bomber admitted in his recent post he’s only really interested in a career in civil aviation; this being the case he’s unlikely to be able to ‘give it his all’.
Given the current rise in recruitment for civilian airlines I would suggest he gets the extra 150 hrs on a modular ATPL course and goes for a regional or low cost airline. Prehaps he might try and get on some sort of cadetship scheme.
He may well end up in several years time with lots of hours but with no jobs around. I think given the current situation my advice is probably sound.
By the way you forgot to mention the C-130 K, that’s going to be around for a while yet.