Rule 1: Never believe a word EK says, it all eventually turns to BS sooner or later.
Rule 2: See Rule 1.
There is about 18 years of proof to support that statement here in PPRUNE.
It helps to keep a resignation letter ready in your flight bag so that all you have to do is fill in the date, trust me it puts everything into perspective!
I hope the 777 Freighter's are going to Fed-Ex...they'll need pilots and it's a good company to work for based in a nice country!