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Old 29th Mar 2004, 05:16
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wheelbarrow
 
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Rocco,

If you are thinking of joining Virgin prepare yourself for a wait for at least 15 years for a command.

There are still "ex" Captains that lost their commands after 9/11 waiting to get their commands back, then there are the 250+ F/O's that are also waiting their turn. To add to that there are some colleugues that took the offer of unpaid leave to come back. Also some of those that were made redundant still have not been offered their positions back as was agreed.

Add to that the fact that the average age on Captains is around 45 then you will see that there is no projected promotion bulge for quite a few years.

So all in all it will be a long time before anyone joining now even gets a sniff at command. If you want the LHS look elsewhere!
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