"They want Emiratis to take over [most of the jobs in] the airline eventually."
That was Gulf News take on the latest batch of EK cadets.
Well, for a start the airline would only operate for 11 months a year.
As a pilot in Ek, I can tell you now, it would be safer to fly with Ryanairs plan to replace the co-pilot with a Cabin crew member in an emergency than have an emergency in the flight with this situation in the future.
I might have to never bother with the concession flights in retirement, but who knows?
Ask Expat pilots how many check the crew before they book their flights for staff travel!