Originally Posted by
Elevation
Plan about 5 years. Someone gave some pretty good figures just before this post. Between now and then the world, company and industry can change in some pretty dramatic ways. I'm just chiming in to remind y'all that upgrades can go long and short without much notice, so setting expectations around upgrade times can lead to some frustrations.
This is important to keep in mind. I have had a lot of 4 year FOs who were told during their interviews that they would be captains “in 2 years”.