You are probably right about no Yanks wanting to come to the Middle East but there are a Boat Load of Emirates pilots wanting to leave Emirates to go work for the Majors especially with this new TA. I have received so many PMs from Emirates pilots wanting to leave.
As a point of interest this TA is 6 months from being due but the company decided to take care of the people that take care of the company. We all know that is a foreign concept here but let me tell the management that concept works wonders.
Even better T&Cs and money at Delta. Any Emirates pilot who doesn't have his application in now is a fool especially what happened to us in May.
It is 12:30am on April 15, 1912. In my metaphorical example there are enough Lifeboats for everyone. Who is going to stay on the Titanic?