Ok, gentlemen, you have had several reasons to justify low morale, dubious EK hiring procedure, etc, etc. But I have some questions:
First, if an airline offers you a DEC job what would you honestly say?
a. No, thanks, unless you give me a position as a copilot because I don't want to ‘kill morale’ and ‘break the seniority list’.
b. Yes, when does my training start?
I don’t believe if someone would say A, but is a fault if your option is B? No, absolutely not, because for a long time, everywhere, several major, small, top-notch or poor airlines have been hiring DEC. However, what have you done to modify it or implement for example a cost-effective training instead of looking for bush pilots to fly as a DEC at EK? Have you tried to contact who is really responsible for this situation? Do you really think that Johnpilot and any other John Doe have motivated this situation and complaining anonymously at Pprune you will deserve more respect and EK could certainly review its attitude starting upgrade courses next week? Do you really think that EK will park its airplanes tomorrow if 100 FOs leave the company? Are you sure that all FOs agree with your opinions and would follow a strike or a mass resignation? If yes, why don’t you organize your group to get a more productive attention than telling jokes about those captains or your strategy during next flight with one guy of that group of Cessna captains when he asks for a gear up you will be brave enough as demonstrated here to say ‘do yourself’?
Question of courage, decency, real objectives and results. With these messages here... Never!
Good luck.