Originally Posted by
DashTrash.
LH FO previously around 10+ yrs. And going to SH has no impact whatsoever, movement is determined by your seniority alone.
be warned going to SH early means you cannot go back to LH unless it’s as an FO, (back bid not withstanding) this means you might be stuck in short haul for more than a decade!
"Stuck" in SH? With new hires on the 787/330/350 they would be getting paid less than a SH FO. The only ones who wouldn't would be senior A380 SOs and the ones who can be senior enough (and I'm talking the ones more senior than 330 FO) to write their own roster otherwise you'll be junior for a long time. The A380 has to have a limited future, so by the time you'd be in company long enough to reap the rewards of being a senior 380 SO the fleet would be close to retirement.
Originally Posted by
Callsign Please
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What would a reasonable timeframe for LH FO be, will going straight to SH help or hinder?
Potentially waiting an extended period to make it to LH FO would mean a lot of time out of a control seat, you'll probably find the transition easier if you went to SH and got a lot more hands on sectors rather than remaining as an SO until you could get to the RHS.