JTR,
me thinks a few of the lads you are jousting with are ex-military; so try this,
join ASL in 99, sign Integration Agreement end-of 99. Transfer from Classic to 400 in 01 immediately as Relief SFO. Then across to the pax fleet as Relief in 02. Now in 03 doing Command Course on Classic.....so that is command inside 5 years!!
Good luck to Moose...top bloke....keep dodging those bullets.
Even quicker to S/FO for the freighter guys now as the 400F expands as the next wave of integration takes place later in 03