Flathatter, about the only correct statement you came up with was the minimum 9 years to a command. Thats about right at SK. 10-12 years is the norm. For most people this is a very long time, but this is partly due to almost nobody leaving the company, because itīs a good one to work for!
15-20 years; youīre way off. Some tried it in the early 80īs. but thats a while ago, and the upcoming expansion, leads most (insiders) to believe, that the time to command will not increase in the coming years.
With ref. to Airforce and SC pilots. Well Flathatter. What do you expect? SC is a sistercompany. Owned by the same people/states, with the same board,uniforms,flying the SK routes only. Airforce is another outfit, like QI,Maersk etc.
New SC pilots are required to stay at SC for 4 years, before going to mainline, but their name is on the list which I believe is the right thing. "An AF guy hired today will get behind a SC kid hired 6 months ago"! Well, what do you suggest instead! Isnīt this the way seniority works everywhere else, where Direct entry Capts. are not used??
Incidentally, in your example, the AF guy hired in the same yearas the SC pilot, is likely to find himself higher on the list, due to the fact, that people hired in the same year are sorted by ref. to their age.And the 30 some year old AF guy is likely to be older than the ab-initio pilots being hired.
The philosofy at SK has always been, that you are put on the list, together with the other new hires of that year and then sorted by age. Seems very fair to me.
The "kombilist" is a good thing, that judging from other threads on this site, a lot of other airlines/pilotgroups, could learn a great deal from, and would be very happy with if they implemented it!!
[This message has been edited by Hung start (edited 29 August 2000).]
[This message has been edited by Hung start (edited 29 August 2000).]