ww1
I agree. I misunderstood your line of thought.
I do know airlines where this happens.In fact
politics in very often involved even within large airlines.
I know of a larger European company where helicopter
hours have preference over jet hours in obtaining a captain's
postition on a jet.Guess what; many senior pilots in the
flight department are former helicopter pilots thus securing "old buddies" become captain sooner than the rest. It used to be within KAL that former airforce pilots got automatic captain's positions when entering the company soley on their former rank!
We saw and still see what a mess it is there.
Politics can make or break you in aviation and unfortunately
it is rampant even within large airlines.
Rgds.