i once operated a flt from europe, through UAE airspace, and was descended to fl 290. despite my request for more info as to why we had to sescend, i was told they did not have the correct info on the flight plan.
i must say the operator has the responsibilty of filing the correct flight plan and the operating crew must ensure their flight plan has been filed correctly.
what puzzled me was that flying thorough western europe, eastern europe, accross syria,jordan,saudi arabia, bahrain, not one atc querried our flight plan. but when we came to the uae it was a big deal.
as to the attitude of "punishement" i just find that to be a bit childish.
the idea of us against them does not have a place in the busy aviation environment.
let us all try to do our jobs in the best of our abilty with respect and consideration to the others.
