Hello all.
A few years ago, a large group of F/O's were told the same thing. No DEC. Seniority is strict blah blah blah. It was lies. All those FOs have long gone.
Some tried to warn the new generation not to believe or entrust your future in blatant lies. But a few the current GF expats , who immersed themselves in minor management or training roles, circumvented attempts of previous generations to warn the new- which is what Pprune is all about!
A good percentage of this minority expat group, who lambasted others on pprune trying to forewarn others, have now left aswell! Some in dubious circumstances.
So apologies we weren't steadfast in our warnings to permit proper due dilligence.
On a happier note, I now work with seven former GF FOs. Just recently one upgraded onto an A330 command, another promoted to A320 TIRE and another received perfect scores on command upgrade. Hopefully, the other four aren't far off promotion to command. We all left GF between two to two and a half years ago.
Good luck gentleman. The industry won't always boom. Don't wake up stranded and unable to afford retirement, as a GF FO with a litany of broken promises.