Why is it that so many flights are advised, before reaching the UAE FIR, "UAE has not received your ATC Flight Plan. Descend to...(sub FL290)"???
This is not an issue to one particular company. WHY, oh WHY does this continue to happen, AND ONLY with the UAE! (Well, OK, other FIR's, but NO WAY as many times as the UAE!).
This is NOT a shot at you worker-bee 'scope-crews. Methinks the problem is further up the food-chain within the bowels of the FIR unit. And these are regular, scheduled, routine flights!! One day they are FINE, yet the next "Hey, you can't come in above 290!".
What gives, UAE?? PLEASE FIX THIS!!
~R.D.
PS: Overall, a pretty good bunch of tin-pushers there, IMHO.