scanscanscan.............
I hadn't heard about 1011's bought for GF by Qatar in the 70's. GF did, however, operate 5 VC-10s from about '74 to '79. The Qatar Emir at the time really liked the VC-10. He thought it was an aircraft that 'befitted' his travel requirements and his image perfectly, so Qatar bought G-ARVJ (I think) and operated it as an Amiri aircraft during the same period that GF operated their VC-10s.
Quite frankly, I haven't got a problem with 'Sheikhs behaving badly' on their own (so-called) Royal Flights and using the aircraft as and when they like. They're their aircraft, so they can damn-well do as they please on them as far as I'm concerned. They do, however, need to be reminded that certain minimum standards of behaviour and self-discipline are required
and expected of them when they choose to travel on scheduled airline services.
Like everyone else I guess?