737 worked for me. got a job 3 months after the rating, more offers coming in every now and then.
if your licence is JAR, it will set you back just under GBP10000, if FAA, just under USD10000. (do a search here and on google)
If your JAA licence is not British, you could add an FAA rating to it and go for something like eaglejet, which many in my company are doing. Still cheaper than some schemes in the UK.
Craggenmore, line training is not cheap for an airline, some don t have the capacity. once you have 100 hours on type, the next airline needs to do 10 sectors of line training with you only, saving them a few grand extra.
Of course, this is not ideal, but blueb0y79 asked about what rating to go for and at what prices, not wether he should do so in our opinion...
hope this helps, IP