J Candiotte

Aviation for dummies: The identities of the pilot and co-pilot are presented to the arrival airport before departure, and no departure takes place before the arrival airport gives approval for all passengers, the pilot, and the co-pilot. Now, aviation for those who know: On an international commercial flight, the flight crew are not anonymous. The operating crew, including the Captain and First Officer, are documented, and their required biographical and travel-document data are transmitted through API/APP to the relevant border-control authorities in advance of departure or arrival. So yes, Israel had it and has it. So no, an international commercial flight does not simply depart with some mystery pilot whose identity nobody at the relevant authorities knows. Now, that's why all sides are working together and investigating. Two smart nations working together: one, the UAE, reached Mars; the other, Israel, carried out the pager operation. Yes, you are not smarter than either. Now sit down and let that sink in. And yes, chill and celebrate our brave flydubai Indian pilot ( Flight FZ1073), the brave Israeli passengers, and UAE transparency. When the investigation concludes, you will probably know the DNA of everything going back 10,000 million years. Then you can collect your Nobel Prize for being a super idiot who didn't know that the UAE is different. The UAE is the hope of the Middle East, a country that counters antisemitism, the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran's proxies, and Islamist extremism, while some of your countries give extremists citizenship, make them MPs, and call them activists.

@WSJ"Everybody Loves to Hate Dubai." Here’s Why They’re Wrong. The city, under fire from Iran and assailed by critics, is a beacon of opportunity for people around the world. The city faced its first test of war, and it responded with dignity. There was no massive hoarding, no looting or crime spree, no exodus of residents. By day five of the war, Dubai regained its relative composure. Traffic jams returned to the main roads and offices, malls and restaurants were full again. Vital infrastructure, such as power stations and desalination plants remain intact, and even the airport partially reopened to commercial flights. “It is a city where you can be different from each other but live together, where you have an abaya and a bikini side by side on the beach, where everyone can be themselves, be accepted for what they are, and where it is safe to raise my child,” said Olha Danchenkova, a Ukrainian communications professional who moved to Dubai six years ago. Danchenkova said she was impressed by the sense of community in the hour of crisis. On the first day of the war, the psychologist at her daughter’s school reached out with advice on how to calm children’s frayed nerves. WhatsApp message groups traded other advice. At a time when rich Western nations see mass immigration as the font of societal ills, Dubai and other Gulf cities stand as exceptional beacons for foreign talent. If you are an ambitious professional in a developing country—a Syrian doctor, an Egyptian lawyer, a Filipino engineer, and Indian accountant—you stand little chance of quickly securing the visas and permits to work in your profession in the West. But in Dubai, you can, often at salaries that exceed Europe’s. wsj.com/world/middle-east/du…