I have noticed, that Emirates has increased the presence of desi and probably Pakistanis as their crews on the ground in dxb and on the plane, handling flights to and from Pakistan. Pretty clever, because only a Pakistani can decipher a Pakistani mindset.
But even educated, well to do people sometimes do such stupid things, that it's beyond belief.
I remember once on a Gulf Air flight, we landed in London. Most of the passengers were Pakistani since they were coming from Karachi. Due to some delays the plane landed a bit late and as such the gate allotted to us was no longer available. So the plane had to wait on the taxiway since the pilots didn't know which part of Heathrow would be the final stop. Now when the plane moved from runway to taxiway and paused for a while, everyone thought that we have arrived at the gate(despite being told the actual scenario by the crew) and wollah, unbuckled their seatbelts and stood up to take out their bags. And i could see all sorts of Pakistanis doing that, and let's be honest, you really don't see Labor class plying London routes from Pakistan these days. The plane is on a freakin taxiway and these people are standing in front of the door with their hand baggage. I was like WTF. Jahiliat ki inteha hai.
Talking on cellphones to inform your relatives what second of the minute did the plane touch down, then if they see you seem like a well to do guy (since you were flying with them for 6-7 hours, and hence you would have talked a bit, the usual salam dua) they would be talking on the phone and would want to insert a bit of show off, like 'Yea yea, bring the Cruiser, or Bring the MARSADEEZ' or 'Abba told customs wala i have 2 LCDs and 4 iphones in my bags (in case you are flying from dxb or far east)
But this is not specific to Pakistan. People from Srilanka, India and Bangladesh have similar traits. We seem to have lost the virtue of patience in our lives.
I know I should have taken the expensive Turkish one though the blasted PIA wasnt any cheaper with its incredibly long unnecessary stop in Karachi
