JohnPilot - well, before your time my dear chap everyone was recruited as an F/O... I'd like to point out that there are quite a few senior F/O's who were recruited before there were any "criteria to be DEC" and quite rightly these guys have every reason to feel aggrieved....... Well, hopefully things are looking up with the latest info to come from the crew portal.
From my experience with the DEC's I have to say that most are first class pilots and commanders, a couple were nice blokes but not up to the position. I could easily give examples but that wouldn't be nice on a public forum
Too be honest I did fly with a couple of "through the ranks" guys who needed watching closely...
Whatever anyone thinks though, it's a fact the the DEC program caused a huge ""morale" problem within flight ops. The fact that it's coming to an end should cause some cheer
