Nobody thinks it will happen to them but long haul flying and the scheduled at Emirates will lower your life expectancy. What would anyone guess? Maybe 30 days for every year you work for EK? A 15 year career would then end your life 450 days early... it doesn’t seem like much, but when you figure in the years lost living in Dubai and away from family and friends it can begin to add up.
Worldwide, the average life expectancy at birth was 70.5 years (68 years and 4 months for males and 72 years and 8 months for females) over the period 2010–2015 according to United Nations World Population Prospects 2015 Revision.
For a guy in his early 50’s, you’re looking at maybe 15 more years not working for EK. If you subtract out another year and 1/2... it isn’t much.
We all only get so much time. Pick and choose carefully how you use it.