Sorry to read that you've missed the point of my post.
There aren't many (airlines) on this planet in the same league as an Emirates (Airline)? Even I can deduce that!
Judging by Sheikh Mohammed's insatiable appetite for aeroplanes he'd better have the fare-paying passengers to go along with those orders. (We'll see in due course)
I wonder how their funding of so many expat employees (housing, school fees, telephone, transportation, etc., etc., etc.) impacts 'the bottom line'. (Which curiously enough, most airlines can't even imagine providing their employees). If they even have a bottom line? (Dubai is the lesser Emirate to Abu Dhabi (Etihad) as far as Oil reserves go)
Economics in the Sandbox is quite unlike this part of the world but that's a bit off topic and most Pilot's in EK have little to do with the overall financial ledger anyway. We do however, read their comments on this forum and many seem quite dissatisfied with their lot in life despite the compensation package. Contrary to some ideas out there. They also have many who do like it and who do enjoy the T&Cs AND who don't moan and complain on the Forum.
The simple point of my simple statement, for those who missed it, is that no matter how rosey another Company may appear from afar, there will always be those (pilots) who whine and winge about how deplorable their own salary and working conditions are.
That's not news to anyone, is it?
