There are some very sad people out there.
What issue should an Emirates pilot have with an NZ pilot joining EK under the LWOP deal?
If your only bitch is that they don't have to bring a resignation letter, then get a life.
If you don't want to see DEC's, then grumble at AAR (if you have the balls) but guess what? DEC's will come regardless and taking it out on an individual contract pilot (and that is what we all are) is nothing short of pathetic.
I'm also assuming of course that the anti-DEC knockers would never take a DEC position in another airline themselves. I'm also assuming that if they are an FO in EK, then they are one of the very few remaining that joined prior to DEC recruitment becoming active again. That's right "again" because EK has always hired DEC's. Do they need to? Now that's a different story, but whinging against the individual will achieve squat.
However, I doubt very much that we will even see a DEC joining EK (ex NZ)on this deal especially if he takes tax into account. So I guess we're only talking FO's and I go back to my original question.