I love the hate Emirates gets. In all honesty there is no perfect airline. You cant trust half the posts here about Emirates because either they're just jealous for some reason or they're expats who want to go home for various reasons.
From my memory, Emirates emerged as the first middle eastern global superpower and still is today, they even got the US airlines scratching their heads!. Their safety record speaks for itself. If you are an Emirates pilot and dont like it, leave lol. The airline is one of the most profitable today, you cant fault their business model, whether you work 40 hrs a month or 96.