Al E. Vator
..........given the politics of many of those countries and airlines, it is absolutely not paranoia.
Rubbish.
...........the airline is sufficiently global and enough managerial and admin posts filled by capable westerners that it would be pretty unlikely that too much covering-up occurs.
Fact.
..........Emirates to be reputable and given the constitution of it's workforce, unlikely to go too astray in this case.
Fact.
Perhaps wishful thinking but hopefully it eventuates this way.
Paranoia.