Yea and when I was a G.F. L1011 F/o in 1977... F/o pilots got a memo informing us that ALL future Captains would be Nationals or ex BA or Cathay retirees.
That memo immediately thinned the future Captain talent ranks....so it was later reversed.
It is called management.
Luckily having little talent myself...all this vastly improved my seniority to the extent by default I was soon required to be rostered as a Captain.
First law in aviation...if you are no good...you better be lucky!
