Winton
You will be in a much more awkward position with another 25 or 30 grand to pay back with interest I am sure. Do you really think that this is worth it? There is no market movement at all and never mind in the coming months, try years before that happens. We are all beginning to realise the gravity of this current situation.
Great rating, zero hours. You said it, useless though, I suspect the pay to fly pimps would insist on you coughing up more wonga for some sort of training before letting you loose in one of their machines? 500hrs on type is nothing compared to the competition.
Unfortunately our airline has started this rather unsavory practice. The bitterness towards these imbeciles behind closed doors is widespread. This is understandable and especially given todays climate. Possible future redundancies and pilots coming in and paying to fly, hmmm.
Historically airlines trained their own abinitio pilots to furnish their requirements, now there are floods of people waving cheque books around and paying to fly. Its all gone wrong!
Stay behind the desk and enjoy a bit of private flying, an instructor rating without a job waiting at the end would be a foolhardy option too.