It's actually the TP guys I would have sympathy with in all of this.
No objection here
After the elation of being selected to fly a big shiny jet in a big shiny city, they will soon be introduced to the Emirates way of training and realise that they are given precisely zero credit for the attributes on which, presumably, they were selected.
How right you are, has always been like that
Then, having passed the training, they will have the pleasure of sitting next to an individual who has been doing EK long-haul just a bit too long
Again, you are absolutely right. We all would like to reduce hours .....
and is paranoid about some upstart ruining his precious track record
Take your sarcasm out and replace 'paranoid' with 'fearful' and you are right again
and jeopardising the income on which he his family have become a bit too dependent.
Not even funny. What family is not dependent on income? Or should each one benefit of a nice heritage? Good on yours if they do not depend 'too much' on your income. I've read better sarcasm.
Welcome to the EK fear culture. It does not generally make for a fun day out (although there are of course exceptions).
Right again
What was your point?