Hey guys,
Thanks for the replies. I was 'lucky' enough to to it a few years ago - got a job to get the elusive multi time, but had to pack wife and kid to move (or rather I left, then my wife packed herself, kid, house etc to come meet me)
We lasted only about 18months until second bub came along, then made the move back to be closet to family. Luckily the few hundred hours I got were enough to land me a job back home.
The reason I posted here was to see if anyone had good/bad experiences doing a similar thing. From my point of view I loved it. The job I moved for had some interesting flying and was with a good bunch of guys, most importantly it felt like the career was progressing again. My wife, on the other hand, had a harder time. She left her job and was spending most of her time with our daughter. As tends to be the case I was away for most of the day as well as the odd overnight. We survived, but it was definitely a hard period
I have a few mates who are now in a similar position to where I was a few years ago (single engine instructing with little hope of multi time, without paying for a META) who have families with kids. These guys either can't fund anymore flying or can't move for one reason or another and are thinking of throwing in the towel.
It's good to see the responses from guys who've done it.