Most of the easy Captains I used to fly with would happily leave if a suitable offer came along. Trouble is the offers aren't coming so they have to stay.
Exactly!
But when they do..!
But ask yourself what what DEC jobs are out there that are with really
good companies. Emirates? Could be, although personally the ME is not my cup of tea. Cathay used to have DEC jobs for the freighter fleet, but very high requirements and a very tough selection. Singapore Airlines is occasionally looking for DEC's on their freighter fleet, but T&C's are not what it once was and I think there's no transition to the pax fleet. That's about it, and most of these airlines only have room for a handful of DEC's, not the hundreds of young low-cost captains out there who perhaps want a change of scenery after 5 years in the LHS doing 4 sector days.
For the rest it's just contract jobs, some good others not so good, where you live paycheck to paycheck. Perhaps a nice retirement job when divorced (Vietnam Airlines
) but hardly a long term career plan...