Upgrade timeline simplified. Get in and the more you ask the quicker you’ll get it. Suck up to the right people and service them and I heard it’s before the end of your line training. If they don’t like you it’ll be 11-13 years plus, I guess most of us aren’t liked.
Pay wise: POS18, HKEunlivable23, gba. In that order. You won’t be paid well like pre pandemic times. better off in the desert or get that visa to America.
Current delta 767 command is 4 months.
Zero seniority, a constantly changing COS with variable monthly flying hours and pay, an ever growing Chinese presence on the way of life in HK, just a few diabolical reasons not to go.
11-13 years is a very optimistic estimate- likely to be much longer considering an FO upgrade even is 6-7.