Talking about perspective, those who thought that nothing will change in EK are out of touch with reality. A growing company that has gone from 200+ pilots to almost 1200 in 7 years. They told me there use to be 3 days layovers in HKG, Malta and even SIN a few years back. That happened in many airlines when they were at an early stage. But, those days are over.
To those who whinge on this site, a lot of us wud like to hear suggestions. For those wannababes, read all these posts carefully and when you get the offer-pack, it will do you lots of good to sit down and do some maths. Bcoz if you don't, then we will hear you on pprune sooner or later.
For the time being, like a number of us here, I'm staying put and will keep searching for something better and within reach.