I know it sounds like an obvious question but how long is time to command at BA right now?
Wirbelsturm has given some info above.
All I would say is:
- Latest list showed most junior new LH commands will be at ~18yrs+
- Same list had, essentially, no new SH commands. Junior Airbus skippers have been in about 10yrs+.
- The current stagnation started in Oct 2006 when retirement age went from 55 to 65.
- There have been few (intended) retirements since then, and most predict few will go prior 65.
- A pessimist would therefore say add another 6 years to these times until retirements start again in 2016...
- Unless of course the "CRA" it totally abolished in the meantime and pilots can fly beyond 65 in the LHS
- I got a SH LHR command after 6.5 yrs in 2003. Others even less - all luck of timing. You can see what Oct 06 did
How one wishes to interpret the above up to you, but I would not join BA based on any good news in that area. It (currently) has lots else to offer however
NoD