And people wonder why I refuse to connect through Dubai.

Indeed. And interestingly those people also believe this myth that Emirates is somehow always super luxurious. Emirates Economy is just as cattle class as all other large airlines, but with a worse safety record and having to go through Dubai. Just don't do it.

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aunty_helen 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Emirates has never had a passenger fatality. What do you mean worse safety?

	▲	felixg3 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Probably referring to crew rest hours (esp. a problem in the late 2010s, near-misses at DXB etc. Not having had passenger fatalities is a bad indicator for safety records in the 21st century. The ek521 report is a good example documenting systemic failures at EK