the whole thing stinks!
why? Because you might have to wait another year or so, or perhaps end up with a whole 5000 hours, before you get a command?
Its interesting how people can acknowledge that the world economy is in meltdown, that aviation is suffering badly and people are losing their jobs left right and centre. But they simply cannot accept that it might just spoil their own plans a little bit!
Why don`t you just accept that you have a job that is in one company that is about as secure as you can get in these appalling times. If that proves too difficult then try reading a few threads away from your own little world.
Just a few years ago easyJet was promoting F/Os with levels of experience never seen before in the history of aviation. They were good guys and gals but such rates of growth could never be sustained regardless of the recession!