Originally Posted by
dbflyer
My advice is to stay at the airline until you have a minimum of 1000hrs 121 time. If you're there now, might as well check that block and then have the option of a direct entry captain in the future, it shouldn't take to long.
This is excellent advice. If someone goes through the trouble of indoc, getting the ATP and type rating, and IOE, sticking it out a year and a half to put those 1000 hours in the back pocket just might be useful one day.