Why shouldn't there be DEC Captains at LGW? If no one's applying and there are vacancies, it can't be ruled out?
Of course it can't and is entirely feasible if there are insufficient suitably qualified individuals already on board.
It came quite close in the late 90s for EOG on the old Dan Dare contract. Suitably experienced folks were getting commands with around a year or so in the company. Strangely, the EOG contract changed for the better fairly shortly afterwards, later becoming SHaG....
BA have always recruited "Captains" (appreciate that can be seen as a cliche). In short, your seniority allows you to bid for a command. If you are senior enough, you then do the command course on your chosen fleet.
IF you pass, you become a Captain. Most do. Some don't.
67% of candidates failing is a good selling point if you're not trying to recruit people to pass it in the first place......
