Scudrunner, don't even comtemplate Emirates. Its possibly the worst thing I have ever done and now find it very hard to go anywhere else. I came from LHS job in the UK, was promised the world like many of my friends and then had the rules changed. You can't negotiate with management it is a 'take it or leave' attitude and crisis management as well.
The best thing you can do is stay where you are, no matter how bad it seems it is better than EK.
