Hello Gentleman,
I have received a DEC hold pool email back in October. I have not as yet received an interview offer. I am reading with interest of course, all of the comments on this thread.
I have always assumed that these types of airlines hiring ex-pat crews would basi-cally do what they want, or need to do. This is why I applied for a DEC position back in July of 2003, prior to the announcement for DEC positions. When I went back a few months later and filled in the flight times fully, I received the hold pool email.
I am 330 rated and current, also 3000 pic 320, along with various other narrowbody airliner PIC time, along with some FO time.
Are DECs looked down upon for taking the job? It is not a pilot’s fault that the situa-tion has evolved the way it has here. People simply want to rise to an opportunity.