Thanks Alexander. Glad it has worked for you too. Very good friend & colleague also left BA at the same time as me & we made no bones about "chasing" the LHS. We both got Commands on young, useful types in new airlines & logged pure P1 for many years before our colleagues who stayed with the Corporation (as it was known) finally got promoted. Risky business though. My mate's company went bust. Tried to get him into mine but we went bust too ! That is the only time we really looked over our shoulders & played the "what if ?" game ! We quickly re-established & enjoyed LHS careers for years to come.
Does remind me of a Paris Layover where I bumped into an American SFO, widebody, BASED Paris ! Gosh, how good does this get ? (!). High on his Company's Bid Line, busy writing hiw own roster. However, he had just been offered his first Command on an ageing B727 Based somewhere ghastly. He asked me for career advice. As I sat in the warm French summer air, viewed the Crazy Horse Menu for the night & sipped on my Napoleon Brandy.......................I was, stuck for words !
Oh, his company went bust too !
Cheers,