Moonbeam, you´re a bit off. Minimum time to upgrade has been 9 years. Average time now depends on your prior employer: If you worked for SC you slide right in in front of verybody else due that little thing they call the ¨kombi-list¨. Everybody else can look forward to sitting in the RHS for 15-20 years depending on expansion. Apparently at SAS 6 months in the right seat of a F50 counts for more than 15 years in the Air Force or similar.
So why isn´t the union doing anything about it? Funny you should ask: They are the ones who negotiated the list.
And now they wonder why they don´t atract qualified applicants anymore.