Your comments are fair! BUT remember one airline is located close to Europe in a centre of culture. The other is located in a sandy glass sauna. How many beers/lunches have you had out with your friends this month.
A career in EK will sap your spirit as they work you to the bone.
Eventually (it won't worry anybody there now), I predict it will go like SQ.
Management will decide Dubai is now first world and Expat conditions need no longer be offered. They are already experimenting a bit with flydubai.