Originally Posted by Shaun

It couldn't hurt to apply a bunch right now to see what happens, there are some regionals that would be happy to have you. It wouldn't hurt to get current on instruments before you try to get through training.

For many of the better regionals, a 25 hour block in a twin doing some approaches should do the trick.

BTW, the GTI has one big advantage over the S2000. The GTI isn't a Honda.