I have said it many times and will continue to say so:
As long as EK doesn't up the overtime payment to at least 1500 Dhs/hr for captains, there won't be any improvement.
Think what the average captain costs to the company, include things as medical department and training department running costs, schooling fees, accommodation etc.. You will easily reach a number around 1200 Dhs/hr. Yet, for those extra hours you put in, the company pays you only 600???
From the company's perspective, you are giving them 600 Dhs per hour to work overtime!! They have absolutely NO incentive to stop that. So the one thing that's way more important than any numbers published about thresholds etc, is the amount you are paid when you exceed this threshold. This HAS to be more then what you cost below the threshold.
I know pprune is not the place to ask management these questions, but these questions need to be asked EVERY time there is a forum, a management meeting etc.. It's in fact also the big question journalist should be interested in: Why do people work cheaper in overtime, and how does this reflect on the company's safety culture claim?