You MIGHT get a better deal on the hourly rate but you sure as hell will get ripped off by flying way more hours than you need to. The school has to make money some how so the cheaper schools will make you fly more hours and recoup their profits that way. Don't fall into the trap of thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. If it appears so, its because they feed it more bull-****.
Exerience counts and Pearsons have that in spades. Take advantage of that experience.
Be aware also that some of the comments you read here are posted by self interested parties.
Merry Christmas to you all on PPRUNE and may the wingeing, moaning and scare mongering continue with force into 2012!