Hi LC,
Not oftens I disagree with you but here goes.
There 'may' be the odd opportunity for a command course but, if that is to be the case, it strikes me as odd that we have just offered DEC positions to guys who don't meet the previously established criteria to even apply.
SIA Cargo is totally cost focussed and it therefore makes sense (to them) to recruit DECs and carry out one conversion rather than carry out long command courses and have to recruit an F/O to replace the command candidate - thereby paying for 2 courses.
And the idea of transferring to local terms to even be considered for a command is not an 'offer' I recommend any F/O avails himself of. It gives SIA Cargo total control of your life.
You want a quick command? Go to the sandpit. Three years - tops!
Pistols at dawn LC?
