Originally Posted by
Bainite
For a lot of us hired in the late 90's it was 16+ years before our first opportunity to upgrade (if you wanted NYC M88A). Kinda hard to wrap my head around the career these guys are going to have.
I imagine it's a lot like yours looked in 1996. Quick upgrade to Captain, and life is gonna be great. Some are testing those waters now. God bless them and the opportunity they have. One economic burp or (God forbid) another terrorist attack and this will all look to us like it did to you in 2002. A rising tide lifts all boats. We are the boats. Keep fingers crossed that this wave continues.