My husband turned it down. No regrets.
We are used to the desert as a family but the way EK is heading is sad.
We are not rich but we don't have to put up with the degenerating T&C's. Once you get there with a family it's like the 'Hotel California', car loan, credit cards, education, spiraling costs of living and imploding property market. You are in debt or you don't save with the cost of living, so what's the point of a hardship posting where you are trampled on.
Good luck to those who accepted the F/O positions