I'm sure someone will send the two posts about her voice on to Sandra (Evita). (Have to say, I haven't been in the Sandpit long enough to find that accent particularly attractive either.)
For the last few months, I am also suffering with a constant cough and what could only be described as a wheeze - which magically goes away a day of so after I leave Dubai.
Can I add my vote to basings, Tim? Save you a fortune in accommodation costs. (And, I think I could safely say, another fortune in not having to train the replacements for many who will leave only because they no longer want their families living in the Dustbow... the Sandpit.)
It would be interesting to learn just how many EK pilots now live alone in their large villas.