I think a lot of the DEC's come from BA et al where the company get out clause is that they consider DEC's when they cannot find the level of experienced offered from within the company blah blah.
This seems to me a joke if they have really done this with all these FO's waiting. Maybe they just have too few FO's and a DEC can fill both seats immediately...i.e. captains in the right seat now. Stinks if it is true..
TRon