No I do not think I would have turned down such an offer when I was a low type pilot if it fell on my lap. But I would have NEVER gone into debt with TR and Line flying in order to chase such a job.
I am not attacking any individuals pilots here, and I am ready to accept that cadets and certain P2F pilots are capable of doing a fine job.
Someone stated that the French pilot that was killed in Libya was a P2F. I Google him and found he was a 48 year old French Air Force pilot who had recently retired after more that 25 years in the Air Force. He had flown the Alpha Jet and the Mirage F1. If such pilots have to resort to paying their own type ratings and then going the P2F route to secure employment, something is very rotten in the system and it needs to be fixed.