I have worked with and indeed lived with many middle eastern young men over the last thirty years. Almost without exception they wanted to get a flip. I assumed that this was not something that was available in Jordan or Iraq. Pilots are absolute heros over there and it is natural that these invariably polite and curious young people would take the first opportunity to get up. When I think of some of the questions you young oiks came up with and the "highly suspicious" curiosity you showed when we took you for air experience. Oh well times are different I suppose.