Mate of mine reminds me of t he time we both worked for a Company that had no idea what "Training" meant but embraced the "Testing" mentality. They looked at an EX RedArrow, SQ Ldr and Team Manager but failed him for lacking in Leadership. Honestly. He left, joined another but more decent outfit and was in the LHS within six months of joining. For CX in the glory days where,simply to "get in" was a major career success, all FO's were potential Commanders. RHS to LHS should just be a seat swop with tailoring dependent on time spent in the RHS. But the power mad bully-boys would hate that, eh ?