Oblaaspop
If a guy breaks his leg or goes on leave at a US Major he still gets paid. Generally you have a min monthly guarantee of about 65-75 hours. Multiply that by 217 and you get about 14,000USD for sitting at home. "Not even on the same graph?" Are you on a different payscale than the rest of us? The US skipper who is sitting at home with a broken leg is making 51,000AED and when he flies 95 hours he is making 75,657AED.
If you medical out for some reason then you get 65% of that until you turn 65. Lets not forget the 217/hour used to be more like 320/hour. EK is a good job but lets not kid ourselves. With regards to flying narrowbodies for a quarter century the SWA 737 Captain rate is about USD210/hour. Most SWA captains earn between 850,000AED-1,200,000AED/year.
In lieu of pensions most majors now contribute 15% of your salary into a 401k. Bankrupting the pensions was an outrageous act of greed but the paltry replacement is still higher than EK.