Thanks to all contributing to the thread I started.
I think reading between the lines, I can conclude that as long as you use common sense, stick to SOP's, don't do anything that could cause negative publicity, don't blatantly jeopardize safety (gross neglect) and don't upset anyone, then with a little bit of luck most guys will stay around. Sounds pretty much like most commercial airlines. Having said that, the fatigue issues related to higher productivity and factoring of hours does sound very worrying. I wonder how many times a year you can call in fatigued with EK before you are called into the office? Btw, in my current airline they take into account the number of sick days for your command assessment! How safe is that? Fatigue days show up in RED on your roster (hint, hint for management).