Just talked with a pilot friend who also works in recruitment. No talk of DEC's. They are all too aware of how badly that failed the last time.
50 777-300ER orders have nothing to do with DEC's, as Boeing can't deliver them any faster
pilotguy1222, although recruitment does a great job, I don't think that its up to them to decide whether DEC's are employed or not. It all has to do with numbers I guess.