I must be missing something. Are you actively flight instructing? If so, why are you planning on the regionals in 8 months? You should have apps in with your half dozen favorites right now, at least the ones that have trainee programs. I know one in particular that would probably assign you a class date based on when you expect to get your hours finished (IE 1475, since 25 hours can be logged from type training). Which, circling back to the original question, should be in about TWO months, not eight. If you are only flying 25 hours a month at your current gig, that is what you should consider for change right now.