I have been following. It is a gamble. Seriously at this point if the upgrade time is not an issue your contract and pilot group seems to be on par with E9. On one hand there really is nothing for me to lose at this point, but on the other hand if I get stuck (I will give it about two years, or 1250 hrs before I decide if I am stuck or not) that means I am looking to get into other regionals as DEC. (I assume worst case scenario where for some reasons the majors are not biting)
I really don't like the idea of doing this whole DEC thing. Learning a new aircraft, new procedures and doing good enough to take command of the aircraft from the get go, seems to be a little bit of a tall order. I don't want to play too fast and loose with my career.