British Guy
So would it be fair to say that we are all married to 6ft blondes, with pneumatic inflate on demand breasts, who think we are their master and commander and whose basic needs consist of selcting suitable lingerie from thier previous jobs as Victoria's Secret models and bringing their friends over for Hugh Heffner style pool parties.
Then I assume that you drive to work from your 10,000 sq ft mansion in Emirates Hills in your special edition Aston Martin Vanquish. Park in your personal parking space, rev up your 565bhp engine until your personal assistants and fluffers come to escort you through the airport in Catch me if you Can style and then strap into our seat fly the perfect day out and comeback to tea and medals.
Very few people get what they want in life! However you can get from the bottom (where we all start in seniority) to the top 15% in 3 yrs and as a current joiner it is not unfair to say 4yrs max. The chances are that you will however promote (this again is a choice you can keep the roster in the RHS and some are choosing to do just that!)
No one is making promises about upgrade but the seniority is pretty much assured the difference between the roster of 2011 joiners and 2013 joiners should show you that.
There are very few airlines in the world where you can get rosters like we have at the top end of our seniority list here.
The data to back up my assertion is try and find for me more than 20 FOs who have served more than 3yrs who have not faltered in the upgrade process, or chosen not to upgrade to keep a good roster. So myself and others asserting 4yrs for a new joiner is in keeping percentage wise with the fact that we have 10 more planes that we had in 2011 and 200 more pilots. In the last 2 months FOs with 18 months service have been on their upgrade courses.
Them's pretty good odds in my book. Just saying!