a numerical challenge
OK I will...based on last 5 years and then doubled, CX salary would go up 0% and EK salary would double;-)
I read somewhere that EK had 102 aircraft in May - same as we had last Dec. I also read they have over 100 aircraft on order. Last I checked we had 29 ordered for delivery from Jan this year until some time in 2010+. So the less than 5 years to command assumption looks safe at EK.
Apparently RA65 will accelerate time to command which is handy as with an extra 500 geriatrics hanging around over the next 10 years we will need it.
I believe we have less commands planned next year than we had this year but not 100% certain. With RA65 we need about 50-60 less command courses per year(assuming 100% pass rate) if all the A scalers extend!