seniority
I am also a firm believer of seniority. Have seen companies who have it and companies who dont. Another thing is how many companies actually follow it. Nowdays the way i see it is that when company hires an FO they normally test him in the areas they think are valuable-by doing so each and every FO meets their personal requirements for a later upgrade.
I think this is quite touchy area first of all, but lets open up the door for a little conversation. To be able for a Captain position of a large transport jet what kind of experience one should have in your opinion? I think once you have say app. 5000hrs and couple years on the right seat of that specific airplane and operation you should be able to upgrade skillwise-normally seniority spoils this plesure. If one cant handle the thing at that stage for sure things arent that different few years later.
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