I was on the road for 19 days for years in the US while junior. And that was doing five flights a day for 20,000/year. I'm not saying the rosters at EK aren't brutal but I'm just trying to put it in perspective.
I did not see beach houses for rent on the Palm within the housing allowance, but I did see 2Br condos for $5,000/mo, which is close to half the housing allowance for two pilots.
There is a lot of emotion in the EK threads lately and I'm trying to get some objective information, that's all.