<<ATC at Sharjah, Dubai and Bahrain in those days was all operated by the same company (IAL) - rumour in Bahrain was that the Manager at Sharjah had a large cardboard cut out of the distinctive Dubai Terminal and Tower that he rolled out in front of his own terminal whenever someone landed there by mistake so that he could increase the landing fees!>>
Sounds like something my old mate Jim Sawyer might do!!!!