>>It is very important to note that in the last ten years NOT ONE pilot has left Emirates for a job which offered both better pay and better conditions, nor will any leave now.<<
Most couldn't get a better job elsewhere, otherwise they wouldn't be expats living in a desert war zone working for HRH Sheikh Mak. "Give a Brit a title and he'll work for nothing" as the saying goes <g>. You won't see many American expats until the next unsuccessful ALPA strike... If a guy tells you he was a captain at United and left to get a job at Emirates, I'd check his story quite carefully.
EK is a great airline with explosive growth potential. However, the pilot salaries are pathetic compared to what we get here in the U.S., the Comair pilots are trying to get more for flying an RJ than an EK 777 captain makes.