I agree, there is nothing new here. Its just another scam message from TCAS. Mark my words, EK will bungle this opportunity to right some wrongs and in the end those disadvantaged will be further disadvantaged.
EK will not transition upgrade those poor sods waiting for commands on the airbus. EK will continue to bypass the seniority list and they will continue with DEC's. There is no indication whatsoever that things will change.
This was an opportunity to send a message to pilots around the world that EK hads come to its senses. Instead, they will further discourage all suitable FO's applicants, thereby ensuring the continuation of the dreadful DEC policy.
Its laughable yet sad at the same time how these managers have taken one of the most desirable airline jobs and totally mismanaged it. In the past 3 years, all those applicants (who EK had historically deemed the most suitable), no longer even apply to EK. Then again, maybe EK have recently decided that their recruiting practices over the past 15 years were in fact wrong.... haha.
This mismanagement no longer allows EK to select from a vast store of excellent applicants. EK has to accept those who in the past would not have stood a chance. As well, they find themselves having to beg for DEC's, which is sheer comedy.
Why anyone would come to this airline nowadays is a mystery to me. I can understand why some people don't leave, as there is something to that 'Law of Inertia' but to actually move to this place and know full well what is in store? Wow!!