I disagree, he has not told it like it is, he has spun the s***t out of it.
The reason they need DEC's is because they can not recruit F/O's. This is a very different situation to the past when they could not recruit or train fast enough into just 1 seat and so had to spread the load.
The F/O's are being severely disadvantaged. They are being By-Passed because the company refuses to face the real world and compete for the crews they need with a package that reflects reality, not some pie-in-the-sky, rose coloured version they subscribe to.
This, coupled with the reduced requirements of the recruiting sim!!!!!, look out, the holes in the cheese just got a lot closer together.