You were naive once as well, Agent Oringe.
I was expressing my opinion based on what comparatively little knowledge and experience I have of the industry. I don't pretend to know what the real deal is, how can I possibly given my position, so things may very well be different for me 5-6 years down the line. I didn't say you were guaranteed to progress onto 146/195, I said it was an option
I'm not having a dig here, I promise, that's not me. But, instead of screaming in disbelief at how stupid wannabes can be, enlighten us with some real world advice that we can all learn from. Those serious about all this will take note and will at least add it to the bundle of alternative opinions that float about on pprune ranging from how rosy everything is having gone from 150 to 777 for zero expenditure, to jobless bankruptcy.
On the other hand, it would appear every airline is out to get us so maybe I'll just give up and go and stack shelves at Tesco.