If you're trying to make yourself marketable by having a type rating, but you don't have any connections, trying to get on the "right seater" list at Flight Safety or CAE Simuflite might be an idea. I know Simuflite will give you a type rating after you've done a certain amount of time, but you won't get paid. So you'll have to have a side job. I don't know what the perks of FSI are. But besides the type, you're meeting people and forming connections. I heard about a guy recently that had done this at FSI for a while and just got offered a seat in a Lear 60...