For your info the 3 hr sim is becoming a fact in the UK/EU well before the UAE. I would hope when most EK pilots go do a flight they deal with the facts. They seem to want to just stir things here on pprune.
This thing about ORD layover has been beat to death before and again EK pilots not understanding the rules ie ULR is 16 hr(GCAA). For me it means one less day away from family, bring it on!