He WILL have his command by the time he is 26 years old and reaches the required high standards.
I think that should read COULD have his command by the time he is 26 years old subject to passing the command assessments and the command course.
There are a number who do not get a course allocated at their first attempt; there are a few who fail the course despite the efforts made to avoid such an occurrence and there are a few, very few, who falter after the course and are demoted.
Just bringing touch of reality to claims.
Edited to add: anyone earning captain's pay at EZY before his or her 30th birthday is doing very well indeed compared to the rest of the population considering that other young professionals of a similar age will not be earning anywhere near that figure. The problem is how to achieve greater in the 35 years which lie ahead. Or retire young. All depending, of course on the price and availability of oil in the mid 21st century!
