Ref Frantic Flyer's post
Buying a type rating from an airline, costing, say £12k, then getting a job from them, for say £20k+- (ie £15-16k after tax etc) is no more nor less than you working for them for the first 9 months for free, by the time you've paid for the T.R.
On the positive side, I suppose it gets your hours up. The only thing is- when you go to join A.N.Other Airline, will they then ask you to pay for the type rating on their aircraft??