Gents,
DEC's need not worry about the effos. They are generally a very professional bunch with loads of experience. The experience they have is sometimes the root of the problem they have with DEC's. Imagine how frustrating it must be for a 2-3 year EK F/O to fill in the gaps from the Emirates training systems line training.Short courses for DEC's with regional experience only on A320's or even MD-80's doesn't work very well in the dark skies of Kenya or Pakistan... When the last bunch of DEC's came through on the Airbus many effos told me horror stories about their sudden upgrade to Line Training F/O...
Another problem was the obvious nepotism at work when some of the Arabic Brethren were hired from GF. Oh, you failed the sim... Don't worry here's another go! Shabang, you were successful my friend!
The recruitment itself was not very successful the last time we took DEC's;
One guy had to leave after it was discovered he had been flying airplanes for an individual named Os@ma Bin L.
Another one could never be released without a safety pilot. He just couldn't land an airplane... Well done recruiters.
A third guy was a training Captain for an African Airline with a good reputation. He couldn't pass the PPC, so EK made him an F/O...
The fourth had to go back to his Far Eastern country after being unable to pass the training.
A fifth guy from North America were telling people he was hired as a DEC because the F/O's in Emirates were not competent enough to be upgraded.
Anyway, an experienced DEC can expect to fly with excellent F/O's that operate in a professional manner.
HNY,
Pork
