Thanks Typhoonpilot and others for the reference (and criticism) - at least the later allowed me to see what I should have asked. However, the referenced links are exactly the reason for my request. The information (particularly on here related to the requested subjects and Emirates) is very dated, mostly 2008 and 2009. I have read the literally hundreds of posts on Pprune (the most negative site in history) and here, but there is very little description of what has happened in the last year or two. From what I understand a lot has changed at the airline as the 777's expand and the economy over there has become more challenging. Perhaps I need to rephrase the request:

Can someone answer the above questions with a reference to the most recent 12-24 months, and also include the challenges you found getting back to the states when your commitment to Emirates was over - i.e. what is/was your exit strategy and how well did it work - were you able to find work back in the states?

Thanks in advance for references (such as Typhoonpilot provided) and not answering if you simply want to provide negativity or sarcasm. This is a huge decision for hundreds of us considering the move to Emirates and we could sure use an update to the information contained in the links Typhoonpilot provided.