Originally Posted by
Bainite
When I was hired in 1998 guys were telling our class we would be captains in 5 years. 16 years later I still had never been senior enough to hold capt on anything. Now at 18 years, still 8100+ out of 13000. No way to know what the future holds.
I had recurrent as a 75/76 domestic FO shortly after the PanAm merger was announced. Someone from the head shed came by to blow sunshine up our skirts by telling us about the massive growth on which we were about to embark. Said this time next year you wont be FOs! Sweet! He was right, one year later, I had been displaced back to the panel.