Why do you say if you want service hire the 3rd world? EK has hired pretty much nothing but 3rd world stews (the west has left) and the service has gone in the toilet.
When I arrived there was a nice mix of west and 3rd world hostess' and Emirates was ranked somewhere in the top 5 of the world. Now with nothing but the 3rd world Ek is not even ranked in the top 25 of world airlines.
When you talk to the stews you get the ipmpression they are tired and scared of the company but will do anything not to get fired. After all they make more in a month at EK than they would make in a year back in their cestpool.