The 380 guys HAVE to love it. They're stuck at EK forever.
The B777 and A330 guys? Lots of options. Which they're now exercising in record numbers.
It's not about Airbus or Boeing, it's about which rating lets you leave Dubai/EK the quickest. Bickering about which can carry X payload or flies Y route is to completely miss the point.
A380 = career dead end. Unless you have some compensatory need to say you fly a Super. Which, judging by how some of the lads seem to work the suffix into every single radio call, appears to be the case for a few.
*cough* WhitedonpizmeoffKnight *cough*