I agree with B747-437B. There's no reason ALL the benefits of flying an airline should go to status members first. We'll end up with an American style airline where the flying experience is rubbish for 90% of travelers and great for the elites.
Emirates does need to cater to the masses. The elites have already chosen to direct a large amount of business to the airline for whatever reason. Yes, they should do something to encourage those with more business to keep flying, but people like eightblack already do so.