EK openly say expect 85-90 hours per month on their. I doubt they pay overtime , something that KA/CX do pay .
If a KA basic yr 1 captain did 90 hours in a month ( OT after 75 hrs) , he would earn around HK$40000 in overtime ( 18000 AED) . He would also earn around HK$20000 in hourly duty pay for the same month.
At EK basic salary plus flying allowance ( based on 90 hours) gives the quoted salary of AED 42695 ( HK$ 90500)
Basic KA skipper salary HK$ 115000 plus 20 000 flying allowance plus overtime based on 90 hours ( 40000) gives hk$ 175000. They then get 21k special allowance .
Minus 15% tax = hk $148000
Therefore , based on 90 hours the basic salary for a ka yr 1 skipper is at least 50k ( AED23000) more .
The big difference is accommodation. A standard contract KA skip gets $21000
in EK he gets hk$40000/ month or takes a 2500 sq ft villa. And not in Tung bloody Chung lol.