Fratemate
Apparently one of your colleagues has applied to EK as a DEC.
Not that surprising is it? Everyone is different in terms of what they want from their career/gig....., A couple of AJX captains have gone to the ME and other gigs in the US, Korea, looking to fly something a bit more advanced than the venerable 76..., I don't think that the 78 will ever happen here.
In the other hand..., we have a few former EK pilots here, even one T7 captain that came as an F/O, you might think his choice is senseless but it doesn't matter what you think, if he and his family feel better about their lifestyle, that is all that matters.
If someone's tired of doing the same old thing of freighter Okinawa turns, they move on...., that is the nature of this business, there is no greener pastures, they are all different shades of brown
