Danny thought I should post a reply to this.
£2 an hour but you get the type rating, would I do it, at the risk of upsetting a few guys here to be honest the answer is yes.
This needs some clarification, as some cases are not as clear-cut as others are.
In my case at the age of 41 time is not on my side, after deciding on a career change three yrs ago, funding my own training, instructing for a pittance for a year and also having redundancy thrown at me last December I would say things really couldn't get a lot worse. I originally downsized my house to fund my training and now that situation presents itself again as I struggle to gain enough experience for the airlines to consider me. Hours at the moment around 750.
To all that have posted, the situation is not clear-cut. Although I dislike the idea of self funding type ratings or working for less than the what I think I'm worth, if the opportunity arose I would have to consider it.
Flying Farmer