Sorry guys but the law is the law. It doesn't matter how crazy we think it is, we have no choice but to comply with it. Imagine the consequences were an Australian company or citizen intentionally infringed the laws of the UAE?
One of these incidents though was ridiculous which is I suspect is why EK are taking it to court. From memory it was along the lines of a thunderstorm closed the airport followed by the fuel farm getting struck by lightening, followed by huge delays followed by a second storm, then there was no accommodation available and they refused to leave the terminal opened. So EK took off and want it to go to court Albanese was mighty p
off at the time from what I remember.
That along with the incident last year where no exemption was granted to aircraft that departed ON TIME and copped 1 hour ATC delay no wx around and were still denied a dispensation are bordering on the ridiculous.