They are enjoying their last days of leave and days off without being completely shattered before joining EK.
Because all of them have read pprune, they know that they will not be able to have a regular life and a hard time to travel back to see their families and friends, they accumulate such experiences beforehand.
But they have made up their minds and with that well informed and pprune sharpened opinion they still decided to join EK, and are sure they will never regret their decision or rant about it later.
Just wait for their applications, they will trickle in in abundance after the announcement of the expected huge profit share this year!
HR told me.