I can think of many SFO’s at Jet 2 with between 5 and 10 thousand hours who are experienced in the company, have plenty of hours on type (admittedly mainly Boeing but also some with airbus experience) who are waiting for command assessments. Having joined as a type rated DEC, admittedly over ten years ago, I still wonder why they are advertising for NTR captains now with so many highly experienced SFOs who could be promoted if they weren’t put off by the ridiculous internal upgrade requirements.