Anotherpost75 As you rightly suggest I doubt if there will be any clamouring at EK's door by ex A340 Captains in SQ,nothing to do with the final tranche of Bonus(Dec7th) or the 13months Salary Jan7th which would be in the Bank by the time one's 3 months notice had been served, but for the reasons you quite rightly stated namely that why swop one Airlines "pittance" (SQ) for another Airlines "pittance" (EK)??
As again having been to Singapore recently you have heard first hand how these Armchair Generals in SQ are hellbent in reducing the T & C you seem to see exactly the same thing happening in EK,so it is better to stay on the basis of being with " the Devil you know rather than the Devil you don't know!!"
I thought initially EK were looking for short term Contract Captains hence my initial interest but as they are permanent and on the EK Salary Scales then there is point in my case.
As you say it is great being an ex-pat these days!!