I have actually contacted J* managment and I beleive the reason they are refusing to induct me is because of the fear of a union problem regarding their acceptance of employing me as a captain presently.
King, I didn't know there was any problem hiring DEC's at JQ. I remember processing over 20 DEC candidates back in 04/05.
Perhaps a seniority clause has been added to the JQ certified agreement since then.
If not, you've got nothing to worry about on that front.
However, I know of a few guys that have been spivved by JQ after initially being accepted. Anecdotal evidence is that they were given the position before all reference checks had been completed. Each received a dud reference from their current employer. Consequently, JQ used lame excuses, such as getting the candidates to resit parts of the process that "weren't quite right", and then subsequently 'failing' them on the resit. Typically the flight planning exercise.
Hope you're not suffering similar symptoms, King.