If money is no object and daddy is picking up the tab like most of the people that go to those courses... Then go for it. Get on the seinority list at an airline rather than logging 172 time. Upgrade quicker and make more money. I did the instructor route and charter because I had no choice back in the day. Now that these courses exist, the people that do them do actually get hired. Most of my FO's come from those programs.