Pool raises valid points regarding flight deck management in Emirates and over crowding on the Flight Deck .
Having Access to the Lido Flight plan and looking at this either at home or in the hotel makes my life easier and simplifies briefing, yeah I know its a bugger you might have to fork out for the Internet connection.
I don't like the concept where EK have us operating 3 very different Aircraft Types A330-200 then the A340-300 and A340-500. Operationally Emirates view this as only 2 different types for currency purposes. That is you could be checked out on the A345 however as long as you operate the A343 for currency purposes(very different machine than the 345) you are deemed to be current on the both and vice / verse . I remember it took me a while to feel comfortable with the 345 for the very reason that I hardly flew it yet was deemed current as I had flown the A343 !