similar conundrum
Sorry I don't have any good advice to pass on, but wanted to share I am in a similar situation.
Currently left seat of a narrow-body (at a LCC). with more than enough hours in all requirements with lots of long haul. Considering this move too., but don't want to give up the LS.
Appreciate the voices and opinions shared!
Would like to believe the current market conditions will support a need for the honoring of an "accelerated command" but the risks of upsetting the wrong person or not impressing the right person, and how other pilots have been dealt with in the past cannot be ignored.
But I have avoided career risks in the past and I am not sure that has played out so well, so feeling torn between continuing on the not-so-successful low risk path, or taking this plunge.
Now, where did I put that phone number of that really great (self-proclaimed) clairvoyant I met at the fair all those years ago?