It is funny how EK works. They announce this big policy change and say that no one will be delayed for their command because of the transfer policy.
They want to upgrade in order by normal commands, than accel, than transition, than last DECs. They don't want to do DECs but the cirumstances being what they are they might have to go the DEC route or so says the company. Funny now because they have not announced any of the three above commands paths but already have posted and announced interview dates for the DECs. So the company was real quick to go the last path but still have not done anything for the first three paths. Very interesting.
Any bets on how many DECs they will be hiring and how many current FOs will "get" the transition? My bet is that the DECs will out number the normal upgrades by 4 to 1. 100 to 25.
This is how EK treats its employees. Puts out a FCI to improve morale and stop FOs from leaving. But that FCI does nothing for the current pilots at EK and the deeper you look at it you realize it does nothing but "allow" DECs to come.