Stuck in the sand while i am sure EK will hire DEC's again i have not heard of any interviews or indeed the planning of any for DEC's at the present time. Where are you getting this information from? there have been numerous false threads in the last few months about the DEC program starting up again.
You could on the other hand be 100% right as we are always the last to be told anything.
If it is true then i think managment have just lit the blue touchpaper........