Life doesn't look too smart in EK then from what I read here, and have passed on from buddies. Why is it that with a shortage of qualified pilots around the planet we are still treated collectively so badly by our employers?
EK looks as though it is very short, have they considered opening a London base or do you have someone who is looking to feed his buddies in from the 'States? If they grasp the London nettle they will get quite a few well qualified and experienced people from BAW who are sitting in the bottom third of our list looking skyward through a bunch of youngsters. Their prospects are not brilliant (though they knew that when they joined) and they are 'hot to trot' now that they are type rated and experienced. Frying pan into the fire? The very prospect of this must make F/O's seethe, it would me.
'The grass is always greener.'