James has an interesting history which might have bearing on his initial comment:
I have to wonder what all you suburban smart alex who are so free with derogative comments . . . I am planning a visit to North Korea shortly and will fly Air Koryo from Beijing to Pyongyang and I am looking forward to it.
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Your comments about the girls standing in the aisle during take off so as to assist in an emergency is interesting and I wonder if it is Air Koryo's policy or just a whim of those particular young ladies. . . . if Boeing's senior pilots do it with impunity then so can the girls of Air Koryo.
Pleased to see your thread title altered to something with a little more decorum. Did you change it or was it the moderator?
. . . I was recently informed by the operator of a tourist company that specialise in selective tours to North Korea that all Air Koryo's pilots were "military pilots"
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You either dont know about or you have forgotten about the spyship USS Pueblo. The North Koreans did not bother to justify keeping the american interlopers locked up for a long time and considering the 15 were where they should not have been then they must be considered as interlopers too. The Iranians could have just as easily done the same thing.
Iran's actions imply " we are the good guys " and the others " the bad guys " At no cost to themselves the world sits up and takes notice. Maybe not brilliant but very very close to it.
So James clearly has a position and equally clearly is quite open about it; well done James.