Other Middle East and Africa Frequent Flyer Programs - EgyptAir Captain and purser fighting in front of pax

justplanes.com reports:

MS983, a Boeing 777-200 bound for New York JFK, was delayed for several hours on Thursday (15Aug) after the captain and chief steward grappled with each other in front of passengers.
The dispute broke after the captain refused the steward's request to bring the airport doctor aboard to treat a woman suffering from piles, according to the story published in major newspapers.
The captain argued that there was no time for a doctor, punched the steward because he insisted, and crew members had to step in to end the fight. The captain ordered the chief steward off the plane, but a doctor was nevertheless brought in and gave the bleeding passenger a shot that allowed to her to remain aboard the plane.
EgyptAir chairman Gabdel Fattah Katu has ordered an investigation into the incident, pending which the unnamed captain and steward will not be allowed to work.
According to Al-Gomhuriya newspaper, the chief steward has also filed a lawsuit against the captain.

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Most entertaining or a little bit frightning...?

Sounds like a wild airline.

http://www.boston.com/news/packages/egyptair/stories/egyptair_scrutiny.htm

EgyptAir is one of the nation's largest employers with 18,000 on staff - for a carrier that has only 41 aircraft. That means there are about 440 employees for every plane.


''There is spectacular overstaffing, one of the worst examples of overstaffing in a public sector where overstaffing is the rule, not the exception,''