saltaire,
I have no arguement with your poor mangaement practices. I also have no arguement that short haul domestic US recruits may not be suitable for DEC vis a vis the operation at EK .
I do have an issue with the fact that you generalise about Charter experience.
My wide body command time in a chater company is more than enough qualification for ek.Its the same flying without the support. I chose not to accept a DEC offer because It didnt sit right with my own personnal principles, not to avoid annoying some chippy f/o without the nouse to read an expat contract properly..What worries me is the arrogance of random chaps whose only experience of wide body is the micromanaged enviroment at ek , where they seem to think 3 years of nodding and smiling is substitute for a broader experience.
They are as in equal in number at ek as the genuinely aggreived experienced chaps getting shafted.Therefore negate the eficacy of the arguement of the genuine cases.
PS 4hp is that chilled enough?
Beauts 
Thank you. 4HP