Quick question...i'm currently an fo at a regional...my number for upgrade will be coming up pretty soon, but i'll be delaying it for various reasons...A family member has offered to pay for a 73 type as a christmas gift...Being that I'm still an fo and that I don't have any plans of moving on any time soon (not that i have any choice in the matter anyway), my question is this: would it be beneficial for me to get the type rating? any negatives having it might pose in an interview (why do you have this type rating with no time in the airplane? would you rather be interviewing with southwest? etc...). Any and all responses (even the sarcastic, smarta@! responses i'm bound to get) will be greatly appreciated...thanks in advance...