I totally agree that we as employees are not valued and can be replaced. I will caution management though that there is now a pilot shortage and it only is going to get worse in the years ahead.
Any successful company values its employees and Emirates has defied the basic business model for years. Treat your employees with respect and your business will flourish. No doubt Emirates has been successful under any metrics but with morale at an all time low, pay that is sub Industry Standard, work hours north of 90 hrs and treatment the company bestowed on us I can't see EK continuing its success.
Even if half the Americans get hired it will not cripple Emirates but they are the biggest group that has decided to make a statement. More Americans have left the last two years than any other nationality by far. So the question HR and the recruitment team has before them is who doyou want to replace the pilots that leave with or how are you going to replace them? Not a pretty picture.