I have a couple of CSIP pals and neither has worked using that cert since early 2009. Both were on staff at Cirrus during better times and both had outside clients, and not many of them. There is simply not much work doing Cirrus training now, and Cirrus itself usually recruits from UND whenever there is a spot for a new person on the training staff. Getting a CSIP is a waste of money until things improve. The only way I would consider it is if I had a job already secured as a Part 135 air taxi driver using SR22s, and they wanted it as part of the hiring deal. In that case the company should pay for it.