A 40 year old B777 Captain who has been laid off from a major airline because of the pandemic would be quite attractive to EK recruitment. Too old to go home and start in the right seat at the bottom of the seniority list but still has 20 years left until retirement. Preferably with a wife and children so that the golden handcuffs are on tight.
New joiners need to remember that the training department aren't particularly interested in the previous employers SOPs. The phrase "That's not how we did things at Ansett." was being heard all over the world 20 years ago.