Harry
I agree that purely basing a decision on information gleaned from this website could be argued as not being particularly through in terms of attention to detail. However the difficult question is what other mediums of information are available that are as easily accessible as this website, if one doesn't know anyone in the company?
If you have someone who lives in one of the far flung corners of the world relative to Dubai and knows no one in the company, then what is read here is probably going to be a very significant source of information of life as an EK pilot both on the aircraft and also whilst off it in Dubai.