"there is a surprising number waiting to see what happens in the next two weeks"
Would they be the same "surprising number" who were waiting last year to see what would happen and are still here "waiting to see what happens" before deciding to "wait and see what happens" next year?
EK will continue to shove and bully its pilots around so long as the pilots take it.
The key to making things better at EK is managements absolute determination that the "EMIRATES" brand name stays intact.
If flights get cancelled due to pilot shortages or sickness and the media gets interested in the whys of said cancellations I am sure that pilots would soon find their job lots improve.
Talking about the "wait and see" is all huff and puff!!!
EK pilots should step up and start playing hardball now!!! Or is the hardtalk reserved for bar-b-ques and hotel layovers?