natit,
I think that ICUS does have it's place, but only for the kind of senario that you have described. If you need 10 or so hours on type to land a job or get your foot in the door, then flying ICUS is a great way of getting thoughs hours. It's the 1000 hour pilots with 300-400 hours ICUS that get up my nose. I know of a few pilots who inadvertantly blend their ICUS into their command time, as if it's a blury line
. When your flying ICUS your just a Co-pilot puting in command inputs under supervision. I could go on, but I won't...
Good luck with getting thoughs extra few hours.