I am probably going to instruct for a while before I apply anywhere. I would like to at least get 135 mins. I am in the same boat as far as multi time goes, only 31.9, but who's counting. Sure it gets monotonous after a while, but I have learned more through instructing than when I was a student. In response to KALYX , I know instructors that took a "real" job as soon as they had the opportunity to. One guy I know worked as a CFI for six months before he was hired to right seat in a GIV (he bought time though to get to mins) as well as two other guys who followed suit and got hired on with the same company a few months later. Unfortunately for the other guys, that same company filed chapter 11 and raised their hiring minimums. The other guys were let go just after a week or two of training and one of them is having a real tough time getting back in the game.