Originally Posted by symbian simian

Tin, that is what they are made of. 9 years at NK, 10 years left to go. Just updated my airline apps again. Suggest to every FO who has been here less than 5 years, and is younger than 45 to keep their options open. (I definitely would take my advice 5 years ago if I was 10 years younger.) But even if he was not planning to leave, that doesn't make his suggestion to his FO should leave "clueless". He is a captain already, we are looking at 5 year upgrades followed by a few years on reserve. I upgraded in less than 3, never sat reserve, and am around 20% seniority. To get to 20% seniority if you just got hired, with our retirements will take over 10K pilots. And that is before you take the merger into account. I would suggest you are the one who is clueless.