I tried to convey that Dubai and Emirates have gotten worse since those 6 have returned. Dubai is more expensive, more crowded and more polluted even in the last 18 months if they were gone that long.
Emirates continues to degrade our profession and our quality of life almost on a daily basis and it doesn't seem to be getting better. After all pilots have said for 10 yrs it is one thing after another and always for the worse.
Yes those 6 did resign to their credit but they did something far worse and mind numbing. They returned knowing all they know. There is quite a difference between a low time Tubo Prop Boy Wonder not knowing anything and a pilot that has lived here and has worked for EK.
Like I said everyone I know has their exit strategy in place. There are greener pastures and we as pilots are in the drivers seat for the first time in decades.