Very short of pilots. To be correct, many in company villas are being made to move to other company villas, as the leases expires of the original villas. Some had been in their villa for a decade or more and are being moved to "compound" like company villas. Some are townhouse like, some are villas. Luck of the draw. Many are remaining in their original villas and "opting out" of company accommodations and paying the rent via the accommodation allowance.
Rumors are 400 pilots short. Management is throwing out the concept of month on month off. Trying to buy some time perhaps for those submitting resignations. Will it happen? Every mgmt meeting with pilots, the subject is addressed by mgmt. Doubt it will happen until up to speed with numbers of pilots.
Come join. You will enjoy the 100+ hour months.
Through vacation, training etc., there is always a way found to mitigate the 900 hr rolling yearly max.
Is it worth it? Depends of the definition of "worth" to you. No mortgages in the US, no ex-wives, no kids or just a small one or two (school fees not totally covered by EK), no wife......life can be good. A number of US captains are not leaving because they're not willing to start at the bottom flying a narrow body for half what they're making at EK, paying taxes, mortgages etc. Will the flying beat you up? It depends on what one's life style is like. Partying like it's 1999, it will "kill" you here.
There are many quite content here, enjoy the "adventure" and are planning to retire from it all at 50. Others with little or no retirement from previous airlines and over 50, might stay to the end.
In the end, it's an individual circumstance thing that will define if this is one's cup of tea. Bottom line, there are some that have no plans to leave, and there are some that absolutely hate everything about EK and Dubai. Like I said, individual circumstances.