Originally Posted by
GUWonder
No, that is definitely not it, but you're free to think whatever you wish.
I'm very well aware of EK employee demographics, but it doesn't mean that any and all prejudices are non-existent when dealing with EK and/or UAE authorities.
In my experience, EK staff are reluctant to involve police because of the headaches it causes in both administration and the general feeling amongst some expat staff in involving Emirati officialdom - e.g. unruly drunk pax who should imho be met upon landing by police are just left to sober up in lounges.
That to me would indicate something missing from this story (if I had to guess the pax was probably quite uncooperative with staff).
There are rumours of certain famous people who whilst in F lavatories have used controlled drugs on the way to DXB and nothing happens to them...