EK have supposedly offered the SYD staff a position in DXB if they want to relocate. I doubt many would be interested in taking them up on the offer after the way they have been treated and after seeing the operation and working conditions in DXB, not to mention the pay cut with the strength of the AUD.
I somehow feel EK are playing with some serious smoke and mirrors, to announce a one billion dollar profit, then to axe a well established station in one of their key hubs does not make sense.
Either the Dubai government is taking EKs cash to prop itself up in the midst of Dubai economic troubles or EKs finances are not as rosey as they are portraying. Either way it is a sad state of affairs.