Falsely accused off using cocaine during transit.
May 25, 2017, 6:41 am
#31
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Prejudices in place on the ground are not entirely absent on the flights too.
"I have no doubt that some confrontations in the passenger cabin involve perceived sex, age, ethnicity and/or size as factors in how and when complaining crew or complaining passengers go about behaving against some other passengers in the cabin..... It is ostrich-like behavior to bury the head in the sand as if prejudices in play on the ground are entirely absent on planes in flight too."
If this woman were a high-ranked male relative of an Emirati or other GCC big whig, would this incident have gone on like it did? Unlikely.
"I have no doubt that some confrontations in the passenger cabin involve perceived sex, age, ethnicity and/or size as factors in how and when complaining crew or complaining passengers go about behaving against some other passengers in the cabin..... It is ostrich-like behavior to bury the head in the sand as if prejudices in play on the ground are entirely absent on planes in flight too."
If this woman were a high-ranked male relative of an Emirati or other GCC big whig, would this incident have gone on like it did? Unlikely.
In my experience, staff don't ever want to get Dubai police involved unless they absolutely, absolutely have to because of all the headaches that causes, which means that something has been left out of this story.
Since the pax in question doesn't seem to have Emirati connections as police met her on arrival, to me that is either:
- Emirati national with connections strongly demanded police presence to deal with the pax on arrival
- pax went beyond drunk and disorderly and did something that made the crew think police on arrival was warranted, even knowing the hassle that would cause them in paperwork and just dealing with Dubai police
May 25, 2017, 7:04 am
#32
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I don't disagree with you generally about how appearances and connections can affect how interactions with Emirati authorities go, but my point was more that, the behaviour the pax was reportedly showing in the media is standard stuff - worse behaviour by all types of pax doesn't get met on arrival by police, even when it technically could be (e.g. drunk and disorderly on the plane, VVIPs carrying out borderline sexual assault, drug use in the lavatories).
In my experience, staff don't ever want to get Dubai police involved unless they absolutely, absolutely have to because of all the headaches that causes, which means that something has been left out of this story.
Since the pax in question doesn't seem to have Emirati connections as police met her on arrival, to me that is either:
- Emirati national with connections strongly demanded police presence to deal with the pax on arrival
- pax went beyond drunk and disorderly and did something that made the crew think police on arrival was warranted, even knowing the hassle that would cause them in paperwork and just dealing with Dubai police
In my experience, staff don't ever want to get Dubai police involved unless they absolutely, absolutely have to because of all the headaches that causes, which means that something has been left out of this story.
Since the pax in question doesn't seem to have Emirati connections as police met her on arrival, to me that is either:
- Emirati national with connections strongly demanded police presence to deal with the pax on arrival
- pax went beyond drunk and disorderly and did something that made the crew think police on arrival was warranted, even knowing the hassle that would cause them in paperwork and just dealing with Dubai police
There is no smoke with it fire as they say...
She was clearly doing something to make people report her. It would have been a massive pain on the admin side for the crew and trust me they don't file stuff unless they really have to.
May 25, 2017, 9:48 am
#33
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Jun 3, 2017, 4:14 am
#34
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I check 4 out of 5 of these boxes and I've never once been accused of transporting anything on any flight. Nor do I see any reason why any of these situations would generate suspicion.
The article is incomplete... how are we to draw any conclusions without knowing the results of the blood test?
The article is incomplete... how are we to draw any conclusions without knowing the results of the blood test?