Winton..
Hey Winton I know that Dubai can make you lose the sense of reality but looking at what is happening around the world it appears to me that is actually the wildest form capitalism to have its days counted and being Dubai "the" worst examples... start counting. No oil ...no UAE anyway.
It may help you remember that Sweden , the most socialist of modern mature society is one of the best performer in Europe with an annual growth of 5 % and virtually 0% unemployment followed by Germany wixh has as well a very strong social system. So keep discovering..go the MOE to waste your money or to a Tea Party if you don't know what to do but don't say bull****.
The Air France accident could have happened to any airline... I really would like to see how a couple of UAE local EK cadets , the one going directly from a C172 to the Airbus 330 with no real experience in between would have handled it...
Air France remains one of the best employer of the world and has a excellent safety record. So far EK has been lucky.. but with the lowering of the bar I wouldn't be surprised. This accident is another lucky shot...loud bang, strange parameters and alerts, put your ass on the ground, calmly, but asap. I bet that the only factor pushing them to continue was the possible tea and biscuits if it turned out to be an overreaction and I still think passengers prefer overreaction than the opposite.