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By George
Always fascinates me that time to command is a primary concern to pilots these days. I was so grateful to get into an airline I never considered it until it started getting close on the seniority list. It has always been around 10 ten years for a narrow body command give or take a couple of years. The aeroplane can't go without a co-pilot so you are still vital to the operation. It's a great way to learn too. Some of the captains I flew with had terrible CRM and it helped me to do better when it became my turn..
Times have changed though people are already turning up at Australian Airline interviews in their late 20s/early 30s with narrow body or wide body jet FO experience or command time.
Spending 95% of your time at QF as a Captain makes a huge financial difference. Not to mention the other perks that come with a command. I’m not sure you would be that keen to “do your time” in the RHS in Australia if you have been flying around the US or the world for the past 10 years already.