typhoon,
"There is a new group of DECs on the 310. I don't think that is news though. It would be news if there were some on the 330 or 777."
It may be old news but it is still bad news, specially for the qualified F/O's on the 310. Your post reads like the A310 F/O's are somehow different and not worth the same career prospects all other F/O's in EK enjoy. While I do not expect that B777 or A330 F/O's will shed a tear for their peers on the old bus, at least don't make it sound as if it was OK to bring in DEC's on the A310.