Originally Posted by Sliceback

Whoa. About the only thing the airlines say they WANT is 1000 hrs TPIC ('highly qualified') and 500 hrs TPIC ('competitive'). Left unsaid is multi-engine TPIC. #2 guy at a major - "not Caravan or PC-12 time...please."
There's no requirement to have 121 time. Is it better than 135? Yeah, they like it a tiny bit better but the BIGGEST thing they like is MEL TPIC. Period. Leaving a jet Part 135 PIC job to go back to a 121 FO job is not a resume enhancement.
Back in 2014 or 2015 a regional FO was coming up on his regional upgrade. Asked me if I thought he should take the 747 FO job offer he had instead? I said take the upgrade, it's the only criteria that they've specified get TPIC time and experience. But I walked over and asked the head of AA pilot recruiting and she said "we don't give career advice. That's up to them." Got it. I started walking away..."but you're giving good advice."