Scratching: Why would anyone be on a Captain's salary after just 6 months with Eastern?
Sure they might be fully unfrozen and eligible for an upgrade, but you don't earn a skippers packet until you are actually a skipper, and being eligible for an upgrade is no guarantee of getting offered it or even passing it.... or am I missing something?
There are many FO's that have been with Eastern for years, have all the necessary boxes ticked, and are still waiting for their commands.
Yes the SAAB fleet seems to be losing a few captains, perhaps due to the large amount of unpredictability that the fleet has been subject to due to the leased/contract work. But surely anybody who joins today would be to backfill against the existing FO's that will then be put forward for upgrade...? Ya know, seniority/time-served/known quantities and all that...
I think to suggest that anybody joining EZE would be make Captain after 6 months is bobbins, IMO. Let's see if the reality bears that out.
Also, which fleet/base are you at that cracks the full 900 hours a year? Making 500 in 6 months? Not at Eastern mate...