Trader,
Yes you will be in the left seat and no ,not on the CRJ as they are leaving.You have great chances of being Capt on the EMJ in 5 years or less.
Today , as we speak, having just gone through CCAA, a nasty career damaging merger,SARS, 9-11, in other words the darkest time in our history , the most junior EMJ captain has 5.5 years in the company.That's before another 45 EMJ come on line, not to mention new widebodies and 120 retirements per year.
I think that it will be like the late nineties when DC9 captains had 4 years in the company and the junior 320 capt had 5-6 years.
I think that if you join today 4 years down the road you will be making the choice to either go FO on a widebody or Capt.