A sign of the times

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This topic is not to discuss the reasons for the current situation, that was discussed rather heatedly in another thread which caused it to be shut down.

My daughter and son-in-law have just flown from Dublin to Singapore via Dubai after 3 months travelling around Egypt, Turkey and Europe.

They flew Emirates because I recommended them. On the way out their plane was diverted to Istanbul as missiles were flying.

On the return they had an 8 hour layover in Dubai. Then they boarded an A380, my favourite plane, plenty of legroom in economy and brilliant service staff.

But their plane had a total of 50 passengers presumably because people don't want to take chances of getting blown apart. The section they were in had 5 passengers, 120 seats and 4 staff.  They each had a row of seats to lie down and sleep on, and an endless supply of free  bourbon and coke.  Having drunk very little on their holiday due to the high cost of drinks in Europe they slightly over indulged.

So there is a silver lining to this miserable cloud.