Originally Posted by BigZ

Nah... I fly with DECs often at my regional and the absolute majority are great guys doing a good job.
I think most of the hate was due to your 175 question. You’ve got to understand that a DEC job is 1/3 C and 2/3 DE - expecting top choice of anything with that set up is unrealistic. Expect reserve on something no one else wants in a junior base for a while. You manage to get on at front end of a DEC hiring wave at some place - great, things might work out better than that. End of a DEC wave - expect eternal suck. In other words, correlate snarky remarks with voicing unrealistic expectations.
Disclaimer - I saw your threads in passing and didn’t read into them or the replies much.