Worth noting that in the latest round of bids, short haul command has quite literally been awarded to the most junior Pilot with the required hours. All that means is said Pilot now needs to complete 365 days with the company before obtaining command as per OM-D.
you can join BA on PP1 and at the time of writing, have a short haul command on PP2.
the equivalent pay isn’t the same as EZY but if the LHS is your thing, that’s how quick things are happening.