If I had serious coin and could fast track myself to a better flying position I would have done so...
If you are not cut to be a pilot then your career will falter somewhere along the line.
Good luck to this chap. He may get the break he does not deserve or he will wash up on the beach somewhere with the multitude of other dreamy eyed morons.
There are many filters in aviation and paying for time without cutting your teeth is a sure way to regret signing the cheque....