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777-200LR
Let me quickly stop you there. Frontier airlines here in the U.S. didn't have a payrise since the 2005 bankruptcy. They only voted in a new contract 4 months ago...and that's with a union. Go read threads about Atlas Air; another U.S. outfit with a union and one of the lowest paid pilots in the Nation. They are currently in court regarding a new contract that was amenable back in 2016.
Air Canada has no step increases for the first 5 years for FOs, and the basic there is as good as the guys who ask you if you would like that meal large.
So no use comparing these. The thing is, the EK package has eroded more significantly than any of the operators you site. Yes crap pay at most of those but always so. EK pilots fly their bags off for a continuously eroding package (like the last 10 years) and zero job protection. Any slip you’re gone, end of story. Add to that the extra stress of packing families across the globe to live in a fake Muslim wonderland and you can not compare the degree of contract erosion. It blows my mind that anyone can give EK even a passing nod of approval now.