The view from 40,000 feet: Hard going in the news business… and radio too
Welcome to Unmade, mostly written onboard flight EK1, somewhere between Dubai and London.
I’d never seen border control out of Sydney Airport look so quiet. For a couple of minutes I was the only passenger in that giant hall.
It will take a while to get back into those old travelling routines. In the lounge, there was an audible whimper, followed by a muttered swearword, from the businessman at the next table when he realised he’d left his laptop at security.
Yet even in the early hours of the morning, Dubai Airport felt as busy as ever. The UAE has just kicked off its World Expo, postponed from 2020. Far more than I anticipated, it felt like I was rejoining a world that has been getting on with things without us. You should see the promotional videos featuring Chris Hemsworth dancing with weird robots. It must have been a well paid gig.
