Mate I forked out 100k to get my licence in the first place. In reality another 30k is worth it if it means that after 3000 hours of bashing around Oz in all of the normal piston and turboprop twins, that I can move onto something safer and bigger that pays several times the amount I was on, then yeah, I would say it is worth it. Ideal, no. Worth it, yes.
Don't get me wrong, it was a 6 month battle with CASA to get it done, and I hope that every soul within CASA stubs their toe daily, but they make the rules, and I play by them, so I had no choice.
Ask me in 6 months time if I would rather be sitting in Meekatharra waiting for some smelly pax or laying on a beach on a layover with my new best friend Shirley.