waitingforemirates, thanks! this is what I thought, too. I put mine availability from mid January. Would be nice to get a Xmas present :-)
By the way, chatting with one FA from QR, I was told that Emirates are not doing that great financially these days and suspend their recruitment (though on their webpage, it states they they continue to hire masses). Anybody heard anything with regards to this? I would not like to breed rumors or anything though...