Originally Posted by
pitchattitude
No, the lifers are almost all captains and most of the young kids are still FOs. Honestly 1000 hours of 121 time may legally qualify you to be captain but there are plenty that show everyday that they don’t have the maturity. Not that age alone makes you mature. But the lifers are the ones that have figured out their time and energy is better spent on other things.
A lifer wouldn't be a bad choice for MEC Chair or Vice Chair, but probably not both. The institutional knowledge gets retained, and the elected LEC/MEC Status Reps still direct the show.