Spend your $3000 and get your MEI. Then go instruct. You'll get a lot more quality time. Or if you just have a CFII, go find a VFR multi pilot who needs instrument training and teach him in a twin to fly IFR. That's how I got a good 30-40 hours myself. You don't need an MEI to teach instruments to a multi engine rated pilot so long as you are multi engine rated.

As long as regionals place a low requirment for ME time, say 50 hours, there will not be much reason to seek a MEI and do it the hard way.

Do not blame this guy for playing the game, blame the system for creating it. ( That kind of sounds like 'Dont hate the player, hate the game' doesn't it)

Sounds like programs that mountain air has...