DEFO's on the 400 freighter have been given early command courses (some not-so-early) for several years now. There are many Americans on the freighter. Answer this question: How many have passed? You can count them on one hand, and still have plenty of fingers left over. Look at the facts, they don't lie. The chance of an early upgrade here for an American are so slight, they nearly don't exist. Think about it, and you will have a hard time naming more than ONE yank who entered DEFO on the 400 freighter who sits in the left seat today. You'll come up with plenty who started the course.