Good for you Kempilot, you are the EK dream candidate. It's guys of your calibre who one day become Chief Pilots in an airline such as EK.
I'm not trying to slam anyone, but just saying what is reality in this part of the world. Wish you luck.
BTW, the normal here is not 83hrs, but 90-92hrs. The problem is that when hired the agreed OT threshold was around 78hrs.