I will gladly listen to any rational arguments.

My argument are:

Anyone that enters the industry today should be able to upgrade and then move on to a better job in under 12 years.

Anyone that has been stuck in the right seat for the past 7-10 years with no upgrade in sight, and has not done anything since to move to become a captain has not done everything that they can to further their career. (Not moved to another company with faster upgrades, not moved to become a CQFO)


Lastly, if you have not:
- Obtained a college degree
- Volunteered consistently
- Gone to at least 2 job fairs a year
- Kept your application updated at least once a quarter
- Moved to the training department for at least a few months
- Gotten at least 4 internal rec's/letters of recommendation from every major that they are applying to

then you have not done everything that you can to move up.