RYR have massive expansion plans and WILL need pilots in the years to come.... why pay for a job?
This does not mean that they are going to take 250 hour whipping boys. I'm sure there is already a good few type rated, well suited guys out there at the moment and these will surely be top of the pile.
Going back to the original subect, its a personal choice. For a young person with few ties and a spare few grand sitting around, it must be an option. I'd rather do that then sit on my laurels for another 3 years, maybe instructing for peanuts. If you do the maths you will see that in the mid-long term it probably makes financial sense.