DYKWIA

Ah, so it's not "Full of" as you previous described. It's one hotel that has a bad reputation? Have you actually been to the hotel you mention, or are you relying on Instagram?

FabCW

On my most recent ATL>CDG flight about ten days ago, AF staff was insistent on people wearing masks as required. And with the explosion of Omicron cases, I anticipate that on my return flight on DL next week (AMS>DTW), FAs will be equally strict.

Betteronacamel

I would suggest that Muscat is the destination in the area that more specifically went 'luxury only'. This was partially in reaction to their near neighbours in Dubai which has gone for a wider audience and Sultan Qaboos definitely didn't like what he saw there. Whether on BA or EK there have, for a number of years, been a wider cross section of society on board heading to DXB in contrast to AUH and MCT. Sadly BA no longer serve AUH or MCT. As for people heading to the region at the height of summer for the holidays.....when we lived in region (BAH/AUH) most ex-pats headed back to cooler climates during the summer as the heat/humidity outside was unbearable.

UKTraveller4Fun

Would it not be appropriate to get the Captain to come out and speak to these people, giving them a proper warning. That is certanly the action I have seen taken previously and usually works wonders!

nufnuf77

I have never seen that happen on BA flights - and i have travelled plenty through pandemic. I think if people worry about non-maskers on flights, people ought not to travel in my honest opinion.

Bluekjp

Some of if not all the personal details of the arrogant young perpetrators of this 'crime' are known to BA through the contract details in the reservation. Walking around the cabin without a mask at present is very serious and ignoring flight crew is insupportable. Could they not be banned by BA and have their executive club with status and avios withdrawn if they're members? I'm not at all sure how easy this would be for an airline to instigate but it would send a clear message to the passengers and everyone else that might think they're above the rules.

londonba2014

IMO defo a certain type of person that can enjoy the culture-less sandbox that is Dubai, whilst turning a blind eye to its awful human rights record.

Have been on a few DXB services where I’ve seen things kick off and afraid to say it does attract a certain crowd - a lot of the new money folk.. all $$ but no class - much like the city they’re visiting.

londonba2014

Pleased to say I’ve seen the captain do this earlier in the summer, a disruptive female passenger who refused to wear a mask was met by police on arrival at Heathrow and stern words from the captain.

Granite64

You forgot to mention football players hehe

crazy8534

Walking around while taxiing- let the crew deal with it the danger is largely to themselves, stay out of it.

Masks- some evidence they may work at a population level but not enough for you to worry about in a plane with air filtration, ignore. I can assure you that if they had Omicron you were exposed, mask or not, the good news is it’s a mild cold for almost everyone with a vaccine.

CW food- you were apparently in WTP so really not your problem to worry about.

Would love to hear the other side of the story about the passenger constantly complaining to crew about everyone else’s behaviour….

Can I help you

I don’t think it’s a good idea to have the Captain come out of the flight deck, but making a PA spelling out the rules would be appropriate, also issuing a Disruptive Passenger letter would be something to be considered as is handing the passengers over to the local authorities.
The point is you MUST take control and I’m afraid that some of the current crew do not have the capability to do this.

PGberkshire

No, never been - I have only stayed on Jumeriah beach - and would never go, the place has a terrible reputation - from Instagram, from people I know in Dubai....it really attracts the wrong people. But sad to say that is now Dubai in general, along with Mykanos - ruined by the shallow self orientated spoilt brats that society has bred.

KSVVZ2015

Filtration helps but two masked passengers still substantially decreases the risk of transmission even with omicron. BA needs to get its act together on masks or they will start losing foreign customers who feel unsafe. If I didn’t just have omicron I would be booking away (not that my business on BA hasn’t plummeted due to service related issues anyways).

Frequentflyer99

Surely the minimum response is to have the pax met by police on arrival. I would imagine that at DXB (as in the US and probably the UK) this would be a far from pleasant experience. More significantly, it would almost certainly be picked up by the tabloid / gutter press and the resulting story might actually - if repeated often enough - get the message across that bad behaviour in the air won't be tolerated and will have consequences. The behaviour surely results principally from the sense that there is simply no sanction for breach of the rules when up in the air. If that idea can be dispelled things might improve.

Back in the day, the no-smoking rule was rigidly enforced when it was first introduced, and - leaving aside those who try and take a sneaky puff under the smoke-detectors in the loos - I have never in the modern era seen anyone try and smoke on an aircraft. The rule is accepted, because it was rigidly enforced.

Duck1981

I am a very big fan of Dubai and go there with my wife at least twice a year for holiday plus normally a few work trips. I do believe that you can have a great time there, with excellent hotels - the FS, the Mandarin Oriental, the O&O on the Palm, etc. Great value for money, acceptable flight time and great service. Also I've never experienced any such drama on a flight from LHR. And sunshine guarantee.

The V though...that caters for a very special crowd. I would also not stay in a Rixos for similar reasons. But I am also not allowed by my wife to visit the vault in the JW Marriott anymore after I took her there for after dinner drinks & she saw the female guests there