WOW!!!! From the feedback on Pprune I thought that the DEC's were treat as bad as scabs, for that reason I never considered EK as a choice. Got the feeling that Etihad was more welcoming to DEC's. But the way things are now, with my airline shutting down at year end and the A340 captains and first officers not being offered postions in the successor company I will have to rethink my options and speak with the EK people who I hear are going to be running a roadshow here.
Thanks for the honest feedback guys.