Tough decision to spend that much money when really you shouldn’t have to. Yes it is important to stand out from the crowd however there are other ways. It’s all about attitude.
Here we go... back in the day didn’t have to pay for that elusive 210 time, if you had the attitude and persistence you’d crack a job. Yeah you may have had to clean a hangar, wash a plane, but then you’d find yourself with a job. The company would then invest time with ICUS whilst on revenue charters.
This paying to get a look in is crap. It’s like airline P2F, whoops a can of worms there.
Problem is damned if you do damned if you don’t!
A great time to look for a job, get to where you want to be, get a job doing anything, get out to the airport. Still not easy but ATTITUDE AND PERSISTENCE.
Once settled find a plane to private hire like you did back home, get familiar and have fun anyway. You’ll probably have a job before having to do that.