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