Hey,
It takes 12 months to achieve the length of service necessary for promotion to No.1 depending on whether there are spaces availiable in Ryanair.
I think it's the same in EasyJet but they don't have quite the turnover in staff so vacancies maybe harder to come by.
Hope this helps
P.s. I'm sorry about what happened to you guys - you were a great airline and I've flown on you many times