Well being with my family and watching my kids grow up in a normal environment is worth more than any crap V will throw at me. There shouldnt be any deadheading to LA as the same aircraft operates return flights.
Taxes, well good benefits flow from them. In Dubai you can pay 250 t0 300 K for a family villa if you had to pay this that would be a very big tax on your salary and what do you get , a house that would cost you about 60k to rent back home. EK is an OK job but its a big compromise if it splits your family.