This flight attendant was drastically ill in Dubai when he received his initial hiv diagnosis. I know he was advised that family should travel to the hospital asap due to the severity of his condition. By all accounts, you do not want to be diagnosed hiv+ in Dubai, you are treated as though you have an infectious condition such as Ebola. The medical team in his hospital though, did have strong concerns for his welfare and worried he would be forcibly removed to a government hospital/detention centre. In light of this, they advised that he should leave the country asap. So he was discharged a walking skeleton and Qantas did get him on the first flight back to UK, albeit with no other support before or after being on the aircraft. There are a number of events after this point that conspired to his termination by Qantas. Both the UK and Australian media are aware of the full facts and are considering all the legal ramifications before pursuing any print story.