Depending on what aircraft you are assigned to a lot of the training is outsourced to training providers around the world. The quality of training varies depending on the provider as I understand it. Some guys have had good experiences and some bad. Some places is all self study (CBT) while at some places you have instructors giving lectures (in addition to the CBT). Very few of these places actually teach you the Emirates way so if you end up going outside for training then once you get back to Dubai you have one MFTD and two sim sessions to get tuned in to the EK SOP before your skill test.
All in all you're looking at about 3 months from start date to first flight (all depending on everything working as scheduled (sim's, computers, licensing, etc). Any problem or issues (with equipment or your training) can easily result in delays.
Just a brief run down... hope it answers at least part of your question.
Regards,
LJ
