Thanks avenger,
Yes, remember even if gatwick based a variable amount of those trips will start from
Scandinavia thus a four day trip becomes a five day trip for someone in the UK as you have to position the day before of course.
Simply put, imagine a worst month with 8 days off and the rest work or standby or open days.
Imagine a great month with 13 days off, a couple of trips and some standby..
There's your end markers.
The thing about nax 737 skippers given priority as RCas , I'm not sure that's relevant - not many have come as they are giving up a. Command and remember , with all these things, there is no guarantee of subsequent promotion, and the internal upgrade selection is quite a long process now it appears.