the 4th Stripe -
Don and Dom
I think you got my message out of context. I FULLY AGREE WITH WHAT YOUR SAYING BUT... whats specific to this case is that its with ref to EK who have a lot of F/O's already in the company eligible and competent for hiring onto the left seat. I am aware QR and "XYZ" have also hired Capts as F/O's. And many DECs that applied to EK as FO's in the past were hired as FO's regardless of their previous experience.
If EK choose to open up DEC and call someone for the job and then say OK your not good enough to go left now but you can go right, well keep in mind if that individual wanted to come as an F/O he would have applied for an F/O position. So telling the guy your not up the mark is disrespectful.
All that said ! I know of one DEC with an interesting flying record and most importantly he's got an exemplary CRM record so the recruitment team clearly slipped up.
Desperate times call for desperate measures! Provided its done the right way