Originally Posted by
morno
Not my problem if you didn’t do it.
Personally I think in the future Australia will have no choice but to hire DEC’s. The pool is drying up and could even get to the point where they get to seniority numbers that are just not ready to be upgraded, due to lack of experience or similar.
I can’t speak for other airlines, but whilst that may solve the shortage you think exists for command upgrades, it will just create another shortage in the RHS. Good luck finding an FO in mainline who would sit next to anyone who joined as a DEC.