highcirrus You took the very words out of my mouth!!
Like you I could not be bothered even applying for this job despite being highly qualified on A340 and experienced with all of EK's routes.
I saw on the Far East thread that some CAL A340 guys were applying but doubt whether when it comes to it they will be bothered going through all the rigmarole of moving to Dubai and having perhaps antagonistic training Captains breathing all over them. Remember the problems with ASL and Cathay a few years ago when for purely political reasons in a lot of cases good Captains failed to get checked out on the 747-200 freighter???