Having read this thread i have to say that EKwife is talking sense, we do need the F/O's to file the ranks, it's where they come from bothers me!
This airline has potential to be a great airline and all it needs is for the "management" to pull their overpaid, over bonused heads out of the sand and start to use the the talented in house work force we have.
As we all know there is a wealth of experience sitting in the right seats of our aircfaft, my message to the "management" is........
"WAKE UP SMELL THE COFFEE" and "BLOODY WELL USE IT".