tic,
Agree with what you're saying. In case of a rapid expansion, sometimes a company NEEDS to hire type-rated DEC's.
At EK however, no such thing is happening. The expansion is big, but nothing that would need the help of DEC's. Last years DEC's for the sudden A343's might have been needed, but then again, most of them were not type rated and had to do a long transition course. Know of at least 2 B777 rated guys who had to join the A330 fleet while only a few weeks after, some not rated B777 guys were trained on a long transition. Know of a guy who never flew passengers or glass cockpit (the guy only flew cargo DC8 and 747 Classic.. hell, he even never operated in a 2-men flightdeck!!!!!! ) So please someone tell me what these guys are doing here???
MR8