Posted on 01/09/2011 4:43:54 AM PST by Doe Eyes
The United Arab Emirates has gone into a princely snit over our refusal to grant it more landing rights in Canada for its airline, and has decided it can bully us into changing our minds. I suggest that we push back, firmly, because the UAE has not realized that Canada has options, too.
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When the Canadian government refused, the UAE proceeded to: a) kick Canada out of our staging base for Afghanistan that was located on UAE soil; b) refuse our minister of national defence and our chief of the defence staff permission to fly through its airspace after they were in the air; and c) introduced the need for expensive visas for any Canadian wishing to visit their country.
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Drop+gloves+with/4078901/story.html#ixzz1AXcsJhWI
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Great post.
“That program was going fine until some member of a royal family flunked his flight test, and still wanted to be given qualifications to fly an aircraft.”
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Drop+gloves+with/4078901/story.html
Well, he doesn’t need to know how to take off or land it, so give him a break.
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