Just look at what's happening at Wizz. The company fired 20% of its crew (~1000 pilots and cabin crew members) only 3 months ago in the exact same manner (or lack of...) done by ex-EK managers yet no one cares (or remember?) and the people are even writing grateful comments on LinkedIn that they are hiring for Wizz Air Abu Dhabi now for peanuts. There will be no shortage of applicants at Emirates once they start hiring again.