Why should you jump the que when others have been waiting their turn for years?? Tell me please.
Two reasons.
1.
It is always less expensive to directly hire an experienced-on-type Captain than it is to upgrade a First Officer.
This has been proven time and again, and is not subject to dispute...like it or not (and I expect you don't
).
Airlines will generally (although not always) take the least expensive route, consistant with reasonable safety.
2.
In a rapidly expanding airline, there may well not be suitable First Officers to upgrade (experience-wise) so, direct entry Captains are hired to fill the void.
I would be gone in an instant if they tried that stunt on with me.
I don't expect the respective airline would care.
First Officers are a dime-a-dozen, and a new(ly) hired one is cheaper, anyway.
Now you have been
told.