The value traveler isn't able to walk through that cabin.
It's just like people that say "Foreign flight attendants are young! American flight attendants are old!"
Yeah? Well, if your mom was a flight attendant in most parts of the world, she would have gotten fired when your daddy knocked her up.
It is (superficially) awesome because (a) state money and (b) no labor laws.
Emirates First Class menu:
Cocktails and canapés
A selection of cocktails and cold canapés
Appetizers
Wild Iranian caviar
Served with traditional accompaniments, sour cream and blinis
Arabic mezze
A selection of traditional Arabic mezze, including labneh with sumac powder stuffed in cucumber, moutabel, shanklish salad, marinated loubieh in tomato cup, cheese sambousik, sujuk with haloumi cheese, kibbeh stuffed with ratatouille, coated prawns
Smoked tangerine chicken
Thin slices of tangerine-marinated smoked chicken breast served on lentil salad, accompanied by zaatar dressing
Tomato and okra soup
Spicy tomato soup with baby okra slices, served with toasted croutons
Salad
Freshly prepared salad
Salad prepared to your liking by your crew with a choice of accompaniments, offered with roasted red pepper mayonnaise or Italian vinaigrette
Main courses
Samka harra
Marinated fillets of hammour served with orange-flavored sauce, enhanced with jalapeno pepper
Braised beef in coconut milk
Shredded slices of tender beef, braised and served in a coconut sauce, garnished with cilantro and fried red peppers
Glazed duck breast
Duck breast glazed with wild forest honey, roasted and accompanied by a mild cherry sauce
Aubergine lasagne
Layers of spinach pasta and grilled aubergine slices, served with creamy mozarella sauce and sprinkled with tomato-flavored pesto sauce
Vegetables
Creamed fennel, broccoli souffle, mixture of turned vegetables, parisienne potatoes with herbs, and steamed rice
Desserts
Banana pudding
Baked banana and pecan nut pudding, accompanied by half-whipped cream
Strawberry cheesecake
Traditional homemade cheesecake with fresh strawberries
Cheese
International cheeseboard
A selection of international cheeses, served with crackers, grapes, and crudités
Fruit
Selection of seasonal fruits
Beverages and chocolates
Tea
Ceylon, China, Earl Grey, Chamomile
Coffee
Freshly brewed, decaffeinated available
Chocolates
So you now have a personal issue with this actress because she took a role pointing out the loss of luxury in flying?
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Considering she's taking money from a country that doesn't treat women with a great deal of respect and has the potential to damage the industry I work in, I think it's fair to criticize. I didn't have any reason to criticize her before today.
Fair enough on the treatment of women issue (you didn't mention that in your OP), but I fail to see how it would damage the industry.
Oh, so you mean it will be detrimental to your EMPLOYER, not the INDUSTRY. I understand now.How can US carriers compete on international routes when their competitors are funded by their governments? They don't have to be commercially profitable when that kind of cash sustains them. Check out ALPA's Open Skies data.
Very good.She still looks good.
Oh, so you mean it will be detrimental to your EMPLOYER, not the INDUSTRY. I understand now.
A classic beautyVery good.
Oh, so you mean it will be detrimental to your EMPLOYER, not the INDUSTRY. I understand now.
No, it will be detrimental to the INDUSTRY.
I'm thinking something analogous to outsourcing. We don't want to see the airline industry turn into the shipping industry where the bulk of commerce is handled by foreign flagged ships and crews.
But, you know, I guess I'm biased.
Even if they are foreign, they are still part of the same industry. I now understand what he meant. If you want to continue following the pedantic thought I started, I'm game.