Them & us!
A friend of mine went & suggested the applause was sincere. From the people that work in the office.
They hadn't had their hours increased (before overtime kicked in). Their yearly increment hadn't been taken away. They hadn't found themselves fatigued because they still worked exactly the same hours. In the same place.
So for exactly the same conditions they earnt 3 weeks bonus.
As for the average pilot our hours increased unilaterally (even the prospect of overtime to compensate for fatigue fell by the wayside). Our annual increment got taken away whilst the company made massive profits.
The fact is that many of the non flying personal in EK are happy. It's really only the pilots that are not & there are very valid reasons to that