Just to add a little perspective here. Nobody will move to the left seat after just 6 months, you will need 3000 factored hours (see the web site to figure out how many you have). The the company will want to see you get a bit of time on type with a couple of recurrent sim sessions to see how you are doing, work on 12 months for this part. If all is well you will start the command assessement process and eventually join the back of the queue for a command course.
Easy is recruiting like mad with lots of internal promotions as well as some direct entry commands if you have plenty of left seat experience on type.
Time to command is still quicker than the average but there are a lot of guys pushing to swap seats through the door already. Also, do not bank on getting the base of your choice immediately as most the expansion is going on in Europe at present.