The boy was very smart at deciding to stay with his old airline and become a captain...sounds like what i should have done...
If u didnt you would be in this situation as well man, i was as well selected in october 2007, when they hired pretty much everybody that showed up in front of their door. I am not that good a pilot after all then :-)
Anyways, as per above, 4 years at least before new people in.
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