So does everyone (except our Viking friend) agree? Dubai needs close in holding a la Heathrow - yesterday! Surely to God there's someone out there in a position to tell Sheikh Ahmed how much this current imbecilic system is costing him. (Hint to TCAS' and Ed's secretaries - highlight that last comment before you put tomorrow morning's "Pprune-pertinent-posts" on their desks.)
The only way a change will ever be sold to the Powers That Be is as a cost saving, and this one would be an enormous cost saving.