Both Yani Yani n A320PLT have some valid points. However there are two major factors which make me sympathise more with Yani those being
1) When EK started, aviation in ME was somewhat new. The aggressive competition was unheard of. EK could afford to fart around and do the trial and error tactics.
2) EK never had an ambition in it's 4th year to be " The Best Airline In The World " (by the way that is EY's vision for 2008). I stand to be corrected but not even till today does EK have such arrogance about its achievements nor do many other top carriers for that matter.
So based on those two simple but important points, I see where Yani is coming from.