One good thing about the internet is that it allows communication that previously would be impossible...
To our maintenance brethren I do hope they realize that the flight deck do very much appreciate them and realize they are under the same bunch of tyrants we are, squeezing them for more productivity...
I think the only reason EK gets away with their present maintenance practices (referring to the skimpy rostering, etc) is due to the young age of their fleet. The problem will rise exponentially as the fleet grows and ages at the same time. If they continue to cut resources when they should be expanding them to match, the writing is on the wall. It ain't rocket science...