One thing to possibly contemplate about delaying your command to protect your current lifestyle is that sooner or later it’s inevitable that procedures/technology will be in place to remove the heavy crew on the longer LH sectors. That’s the direction we’re going in I’m afraid. In the First Officer redundancy phase that will inevitably follow the seniority list will not protect you whilst you slot into a LHS ahead of someone more “junior” to you A) because the cost to the company will be unacceptable and B) because it’s flat out illegal. Food for thought.
How’s that for black cloud thinking, WonderBus? NUTA’d the **** out of that one, didn’t I? ;-)