Originally Posted by
DuctOvht
Not true. These days 5yrs will likely give you the seniority for the LHS on short haul, where you will be as junior as it gets and staring down the barrel of some really grim rosters for a very long time.
If if you want to stay in the RHS then you’ll probably do ok, but the people that choose to do that rather than move on to other fleets and seats are few and far between.
Indeed - so you can either stay as an FO with a decent lifestyle, get your command with an extra £25k per year and more weekend working, or for the same cash you get your command and go 75% with an extra 13 weeks off per year.