EK in crisis?
The only 'crisis' at EK is the egos of the F/O's who, having been naive enough to believe, that direct entry Captains were not in the cards in the first place.
It had to happen...and it did.
All this prior talk about 'we must maintain our standards' and 'only we know how to operate in the Gulf'...what a bunch of nonsense.
Yes, it would indeed seem that the 'junior' guys need direction, and it will come from DEC's, courtesy of management who have finally come to the conclusion that these 'senior' guys are really needed.