I understand and get what you mean Maggot. But the thing is - that's life. Nothing is written in stone, sh1t happens and things change. Companies change direction - for right and wrong reasons - and we just have to adapt.
15-20 year FO? Yep, very annoying considering they would all be Captains if the growth that was given to Jetstar had been given to QF.
But being a 15-20 year FO in QF? Not many better places (if any) to be so 'unlucky'
I wonder if we polled every ex-Ansett FO and told them they have a choice - be stuck as an FO for 15-20 years and Ansett survives, or become a Captain and then the airline will go bust - what they'd take?
I'm with morno- I'd hate to live life with the pessimistic negativity that Tuck Mach displays on here.
