As long as EK has the European wonder kids beating down the doors to get in, they have no reason to change any policies or improve T&C's.
Look at it this way... Indians, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans all want to come to Dubai and work here. They get treated like crap, but hey... beats staying home, right? Now look at European pilots... going into massive debt for line training and the big prize being coming to fly for one of the big 3 Middle East carriers...
Question is... what is the incentive for EK to change T&C's for the better?