Lawro - very disingenuous to miss out the last few words on that statement!
"There will be no DEC's accepted on UK contracts - whilst there are suitable SFO's awaiting an upgrade."
Balpa have accepted their are no suitable Fo's awaiting a command course at present and easy plan to recruit less than 10 DEC's from Aer Lingus/Monarch and Wizz. FACT
The brown envelope you refer to is the new easa flight time limitations that the company plan to impose on us - You need to join the union not write rubbish about it on a public forum.