I understand the idea but the real issue here is that most guys said that DEC should bring better pay and really is the other way. Companies with no seniority and with DEC tend to pay less than legacy carriers and no DEC. In legacy carriers a captain is better paid because that guy takes a lot of time to be became a CPT. So once he is a captain he is an expensive assett to loose. In a company with no seniority and DEC captains are cheap, just hire an other cheap DEC, 3 months of training and thats all.
If DEC benefits pilots with better pays as most sugests, then low costs or any airline with DEC should be paying better. Thats not happening. Ryan Air is paying better than British?
I am not against DEC. In most cases I am in favour. Lots of companies need them because of low time FO or due too rapid expansions. And in those cases they pay OK. But no every company is the same. Legacy carriers are not the same. DEC on legacy carriers are useless (except on a merger) and not a benefit for the pilots on general. You would just delay the upgrade a 10000 to 15000 hs FO just to make a former captain form a bankrupted company happy. No real economic benefit.