Of course this will happen. Let's say you have 10000 Hrs, find yourself unemployed, and don't have 500 PIC on a common type. What do you do next? You can'y get a right seat anywhere because those places are for sale. All the contract jobs require 500PIC on type, so you can't go there. So if you can buy 500 PIC on an A 320 or 737NG, then a lot of contract positions become available. $50 000 seems justifiable (disgusting, but justifiable). I am surprised it hasn't happened already.