Here I am
Emirates has a few furloughed pilots from U.S. carriers, which include TWA (oops AA), United, and USAirways. They have a larger number that left their legacy carrier when they were in no danger of a furlough. Odd as that sounds to some of the posters here on Pprune, they saw something more appealing at Emirates than what they had at their legacy carrier.
As it appears you haven't even been to Dubai yet and are a ways off from a job offer, I would come to Dubai and judge for yourself. Ask hard questions when you are here and make sure you get all the information. Relocating to the desert is no small career change so you'll want to think it through.
If you look at all the other jobs out there Emirates stacks up pretty well by comparison. Yes, there are some issues but for the most part you can have a pretty decent life in Dubai.
Typhoonpilot