Originally Posted by Ramboflyer 1
.....will be 6 months ,as a friend of mine was told at his interview.......
My friend has 7950 tt and 2200 command 737 and was told he would get a 777 command by december 2006 and he starts in about may as 777 F/O.
If your friend joins in May the earliest he would be eligible for a command would be after 18 months of service, or 1000 hours on type in Emirates, whichever is later. So the earliest he could get a command is November, 2007. Then it would only happen if there are no other qualifed pilots ahead of him. He may get lucky and be in a gap where there are no other qualifed pilots around Nov, 2007, or he may not. Many Airbus F.O.s fall into the later category. Even though they qualify for Accelerated, and in some cases DEC, they are waiting much longer than 18 months.
As I said earlier in this thread, DO NOT LISTEN TO HR IN REGARDS TO UPGRADE TIME FRAME !!
Typhoonpilot