Originally Posted by
excrab
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.
Care to qualify this comment? I have seen many quality FOs upgrade to Captain, at the absolute minimum 3000 factored hours, but there are very few FOs with between 5-10 thousand hours. The upgrade requirements are to have a clean disciplinary record, show that you're capable of learning the command role and taking responsibility, and answering a few questions on the Part A etc. Then there's a development course and final assessment.
Let me know which airlines make it really easy to upgrade. I'll avoid them
