How long is it going to take them to once again break their own policy, of time on an aircraft of the type that EK operates, for DEC's while still requiring it of their F/O's?
AAR stood on the stage at the training center auditorium and stated that EK was going to take DEC with at least 3000 hours command experience on EK type aircraft, almost the next day they hired DECs qualified on B737 or A320 aircraft types.
No doubt they'll get a few people from the likes of BA, who nearing retirement and being told all kinds of good things by their former collegue TCAS, will be silly enough to come here.
Most of the potential widebody qualified new DEC's have been use to being treated in a certain way and won't find EK's lack of respect, constantly changing terms and conditions while inexperienced desk bound managers constantly second guess their every decision, palatable. Not to mention being gobbsmacked when Flight Attendants tell tales of any and every perveived misdemeanor and are taken seriously by the said managers.
As soon as one of these guys acts like a Captain, it won't take EK long to put a head on a spike as a warning. Thus sending out a message on how they are expected to behave here!
Having said all of this, I personally don't disagree with the hire of DEC's. It's the way that EK constantly drops the sorting bar when the qualifications of the available candidates no longer meets EK previously required standards that I find gauling!
EK will stick hard to this new policy, right up to the time that it doesn't suit them anymore and once again it will change.