helen-damnation,
You need to re-read the article because you are doing what everyone claims your employer does - mis-represent what is written.
Nowhere does it say that pilots go missing in the UAE. It says
"people can “disappear” in the UAE." That's very different.
I had a laugh at your comment re "not fanciful rhetoric." Considering EK is the master at such, I think it is amusing that they are now on the receiving end.
But in this case, that article seems pretty factual.