Originally Posted by
captain.weird
Is there something like an accelerated command upgrade?
No, you need basically:
- 4000 widebody hrs (can be have flown anywhere and on other types than 777)
- 1000 hours within the company
- seniority.
The last point 'seniority' is not that restrictive as it sounds, because
(1) the company is growing very fast, 3 new a/c are expected to be delivered this year and at least 8 more are guaranteed for the next 3 years. There are even rumours that these numbers might change upwards. Right now there are only 23 a/c, so it will be growing of almost 50% within the near future, which will result in many upgrades of F/Os.
(2) of a relatively high fluctuation. There are quite a few young F/Os resigning to join condor, discover etc. And additionally there are a lot old Ex-KLM captains, who had to leave KLM due to age (58 is the max. age @ KLM) and will have to leave AeroLogic soon as well upon reaching the age of 65. And therefore I think there are only few companies (if at all) where you can become a captain on a widebody in such a short time.
Currently the only bottleneck is the capacity for training.