EY is also still hiring DEC on A340 but probably want previous A330/340 or wide body experience. Life here is good for families, however, the housing issue continues to be a 'luck-of-the-draw' situation. ie; you may arrive here and there is no housing available or you may have choices. The allowance just went up but is still woefully inadequate.
There is a shortage of Western english speaking schools and many of them are way over the school allowance by as much as 12,000dhs per year.
The flying on the A330/340 is great with Capts averaging between 38-41K a month min 8 days off. Tickets home once a year, medical lacks routine dental coverage.
Crew control is a mess, they always say it will be fixed soon and aparently this may finally be the case....but....the chickens are yet to hatch.
EK, if you can't get DEC at EY, offers a much more rounded package and for families is definately an easier fit as over the years they have improved their package. It may boil down to hectic Dubai or a little slower Abu Dhabi. Take the wife on a fact finding mission.
That's my 2 devalued cents worth.