The bigger issue is probably the young, unmarried, straight couple who are heading to Europe and are forced to transit the UAE. Or a group of young, single girls They’re the ones more likely to run into trouble as they’re not accustomed to receiving discrimination.
Valid statement.
The penal code in the UAE a little more draconian, personally the foundation of English law provides more comfort for a westerner than an Islamic one.
That aside, the point is Mr Joyce has stepped well beyond the norms of commentary for a CEO. Rather like his namesake in Australian politics, hypocrisy is not a good optic.
He is a hypocrite, and Lucinda Holdforth's book would probably show he perjured himself too.