Reading the above "you should be be grateful to the company for employing you" bs, by albatross, my guess is things are only going to get worse, as fat managers (who do nothing to improve the real productivity) screw the real revenue-producing workers, to support their bloated conditions.
Quite frankly, they have run out of ideas - or perhaps never had an original one in the first instance - and must now resort to pilfering from the true backbone of the company.
It's becoming endemic, worldwide in airlines.
But we are in agreement on one point, "do yourself a favour and quit EK."
Get away from the stench of the camel sh!t, the 49 degree summers, and the men who think holding hands with other men is the norm.