Fullforward,
We may need up to 40 dec's starting in the spring for the 777's. I am assuming that we are planning ahead, ( that is a phrase that you thought you would never hear regarding Emirates) and preparing a pool to choose from when hiring begins again. It is still undecided if in fact we will hire any more DEC'S at all because as Payscale mentioned, there are many F/O's qualified to upgrade at this point. Starting in March we will begin taking delivery of a 777-300ER every 3 weeks for 2 years. We could run out of F/O's to upgrade, but the hiring of new F/O's will last for a long time.
Regards,
330 Man