When I joined, I was told it would be 7-10 years to command. It turned out to be 5 years.
Today it is roughly 10. Tomorrow it could be 6,7,8,9.
I think the reality is that noone knows and I do not think increasing the retirement age to 60 will make any difference.
As I have said earlier, most of the A scale guys that are left will not be interested in staying after 55...my straw poll. Maybe a few want to stay to help in C&T for their own personal or marital reasons, but they would not get in the way of upgrades.
My guess is the easiest way to keep the addicts on until they are 60 is the freighter fleet and then try to integrate the freighter guys across to pax. The company would not be averse to this.
Reality is most should have a command by 40.
Last edited by VR-HFX; 26th May 2005 at 15:10.