Millerscourt, you're quite right - you don't need to hit the bottle - we all know you have other vices.
For instance, your unhealthy obsession with EK. If you like, we could start a support group for you. How does Emirates Anonymous sound? "Hi, my name is Millerscourt and I have been infatuated with EK for ages. I know its wrong and I need help!"
Also, it is advisable to actually secure employment with a company BEFORE you threaten to take the job. I realise that with your consummate aviation skill, it would merely be a formality but humour us anyway. If not, why don't you confine yourself to a more pertinent site, i.e. Far East?