Now here's a first, me siding with Don'meov:
Desert Nomad says:
"improved T&Cs wont be just across the cockpit crew it would be across the whole of the EK group"
That's patently wrong
If you'll just take a quick peek at the Flight International careers section you will find that where there had been one or two airlines looking for captains each week there were eighteen in the last week alone. One in particular I note is now offering 25% more than they were less than half a year ago.
If you can point us to a site where there are desperation-tinged advertisements for airline sales staff and cabin cleaners at 25% wage premiums with signing bonuses, you might bring us on side to your "across the the whole of EK group" dream....