Very happy to hear you got “your” UK base. I spent 6 years in total based at STN as an FO. When I got offered a command I was told “no UK bases for new commands - we’re saving those for the DEC’s.” Loyalty pays apparently but certainly not in RYR. I, like many other command-ready FO’s left as a result and never looked back. Their short-sightedness is incredible - if they weren’t so hell bent on stitching up their current employees and gave them the bases they wanted then they wouldn’t even need to recruit DEC’s!