Past performance is not an indicator of future performance. Isn't that what the financial advisers say?
The bus now has 3 year F/Os that do not have an upgrade in sight, yet 'accelerated' guys have been released to do transition upgrades on the 777. The reason given is that they need MFF F/Os on the 340. Sadly, 7 of the 8 accelerated guys are MFF qualified so that reason was bull!!!!. The 'bypassed' guys do not even have an idea of when a future course might start.
Why am I telling you this? The FOM, explicitly states that 3 year guys will be given upgrades ahead of accelerated guys. Shockwave says 'depending on your experience', 3.5 years. What he should really say is that the great leader is prepared to blow off the FOM at a whim and no one really has any idea how long an upgrade will take next week, let alone in 3 years time.
EK is only different in one respect from more established carriers. In most legacy carriers you know the rules of the game when you sign up. At EK they change the rules to manage the latest self induced crisis.