It appears that some of the poor folks who have recently joined EK having turned their backs on the grand 'ol U.S.of A. are still suffering from shell shock and what must have been severe torture at their previous carriers.
Some form of the "Stockholm Syndrome" seems to have inflicted them, as it seems to do with most new joiners at EK...sad really.
Maybe talking to the media from a position of total ignorance or is it total arrogance is theraputic for some.
