As far as I can tell looking at the last 3 years of recruitment here at EK, there is no and I mean no preconceptions, if you get an interview then you have an equal chance to anyone else. They do not look at numbers, or quota's. If you come from a major flag carrier and a large percentage do, then it is definately do negativity towards that.
However if you have the Attitude that because you are from a major flag carrier, you deserve a job, then that would count against you.
Attitude, aptitude and ability are what count, along with good spoken english.
We now have 60 nationnalities of pilots, if you are not from a nationality that exists already here you might have a little advantage, because we love collecting nationalities........
Our recruitment process works extremely well, the quality of the people we get coming on line is top notch.