Capt Billy,
I think you have to reconsider your options..
A. Write a personal message to the company stongly expressing these concerns I have expressed
B. Welcome the news that the company is paying AED 38K+ to attract DEC's that never flew long haul or wide body before, thus are hardly qualified compared to many of our own First Officersand I am happy to accept - with no change in our conditions - to ensure the growth of the airline.
I know personally of a candidate offered a DEC position who only flew 737's before. Currently we have guys who never flew wide body before joining as DEC. We even have a guy who entered as a DEC with NO glass, NO pax and NEVER flew without a Flight Engineer. ALso, about half of his total time was on helicopters.
Maybe I need to be more positive. Maybe the salaries these guys were offered are the new salaries as from April. So thats 38000 for a new Captain. Our long awaited 30% payrise might be a fact???