This will be some display in LAX! Maybe he will question some ATC instructions there as well ....
At least we will be able to consume some insight to LAX and/or polar operation right from the horses mouth. Information that would have been easily obtainable from guys who have flown in and over these regions many times before. Has any one of such collegues been contacted or asked for some tips?? Gosh - no way, Emirates always knows better, until the next couple of FCIs, who then turn the clock back to professionalism that was readily available among its corps.
It usually takes about a half a year to get EK out of the laughing stock at new destinations. Just about when the more regular guys start getting flights to it.