the dirham drops
Finally, the penny has dropped that EKs relationship with its regulator has placed it on an uneven field with its competitors. The CEOs worries stem from the financial aspects of such a relationship but the real worry is the degradation of flight safety that occurs under such cicrumstances.
The question still has to be asked as to why CASA has allowed such an arrangement to exist for so long. Possibly this financial dawn might awaken our sleepy authority to the malaise that are the EK FTL scheme.