The quickest way to get command here is to join as a captain. They seem not to promote the fo's, although a couple seem to be finally getting a chance now. Scs contract must have high hours for captains, but the company havent worked out the high experience = more reward yet, so they keep losing them. Other than that they seem happy to take on some fairly average captains, and overlook decent FO's.
If your face dont fit, dont expect promotion, and with some of the eccentric management we have, it is easy for a face not to fit. My fleet not to bad but the jetstream lot get worked to the edge of exhaustion at abz.
Lads if you finished training over a year ago and you are still sat on 230hrs, then that should tell you something?