Maybe everyone should play casino according to your number! But the fact is not everyone does because I guess at the end the casino wins!
Here we are talking about getting something additional in order to boost your CV or to be more bankable by the companies!
I will agree with the ones saying that a TR without hours is a crazy things but you never know! Few years ago it was a must to have a FI with 1000hrs or to have hours on paradroping or gliders towing!
Nowadays they do not even care about these experiences!
Now it is time for the so called hours on type! 1000hrs propeller Vs 300hrs jet... You know what matters for them!
Some of us are working really hard and not only during their trainings... I am sorry but not everyone is willing to sacrifice his/her life to be a pilot! Of course the prestige of the careers has shifted to the wrong side but I don't want to wait 10 years to access to the RH seat of an airliner cockpit.
Everyone has the choice of its own path...
The most important for you is to reach your goal! Whatever it takes...
A friend of mine is at EZY as a cabin crew and he will try to move from this department to the cockpit.
Another friend took the path of P2F and he is currently employed in Europe.
Others are still waiting for more than 2-3 years to get at least a job interview!
The example of RYR is funny... Paying for a TR which cost them...well...nothing! I assimilate that to a P2F. Come on a TR on a B737 costs 14k and you pay it the double plus the other expenses! You do the LT then you finally have the job... That is the only advantage in comparison with the other LT (p2f)
If you go with Cockpit4U you were able to get a deal of 47k TR and LT with a-18 month contract and a salary every month plus 50hrs guaranted per month with Germania! So a p2f where you earn a little bit less than 30k and you will finish with 900hrs on type.
I will agree with you that the p2f is not the way I have expected but look around you! The companies have understood that a long time ago! Easy incomes while waiting for the next summer season!
There is not a lot of companies hiring cadet low hours without a type, not a lot hiring cadet rated but low (or no) hours!
You need to have at least 500hrs to be maybe called!!!
In conclusion you can work hard and get no job but you can also work hard and get some tools in order to get the job! And of course you can also do nothing and get nothing!