Just read one of there cabin crew threads, there cabin crew was given only a 5% payrise i think..or 3%..not much and from the thread it looks like the pilots are all expecting the same sort of increase, they also say in the same thread that last month EK had the highest number of applicants ie pilot applicants, it seems that they are getting a whole lot of guys from the states.
Lets hope that or not, that the US guys will be the first ones to move back as soon as the airline industry turns around, if it does!!