Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
Not correct. Those in the right seat for 20 years choose to be there because they get so much time off and make as much or more than captains.
For the record, I am a non-volunteer right seater at 16 years. Will I get to the left seat by 20? Maybe, but by no means certain. BTW, I would have to book 91 hrs per month on the ER to equal DC-9 Captain minimum reserve pay.
Full disclosure: I was a capt for four years until the axe fell.