Delta bans Jews from its flights

[Provost Harrison]

I've flown Aeromexico a couple of times (albeit business class) and it was very pleasant. But yeah, the rest are ****ty third world carriers. Air France?

[Provost Harrison]

But Aeroflot?

[BeBMan]

They're just fundamentalist nutjobs who think they can annoy everyone because they're swimming in oil. Too bad a lot buy this, along with their oil.

In a just world their women would have been allowed to drive cars long ago while the only Jews in a jet fanatics of all kinds would experience were IAF pilots in F-16s.

Well, when we reach the state of Star Trek they will all be gone, so the future looks bright.

[Kuciwalker]

I'm confused. How is this distinct from "Delta won't fly you to Saudi Arabia if you don't have a visa to enter that country"? Stated that way, it sounds pretty reasonable..

[dannubis]

KSA is a ****hole. ****ing hypocrites the lot of them.

And how come a country that produces 10 million barrels of oil each day (at a cost of 5-10 USD per barrel and an oil price of above 100 USD) and still have 75% of its population living in poverty is beyond me.

[Lorizael]

Because 75% of them didn't come up with the great idea to sell oil at a 2000% mark up.

[Provost Harrison]

KSA is a ****hole. ****ing hypocrites the lot of them.

And how come a country that produces 10 million barrels of oil each day (at a cost of 5-10 USD per barrel and an oil price of above 100 USD) and still have 75% of its population living in poverty is beyond me.

The clue is in the K of KSA

[MikeH]

I'm confused. How is this distinct from "Delta won't fly you to Saudi Arabia if you don't have a visa to enter that country"? Stated that way, it sounds pretty reasonable..

Same in the US, you can't even transit the US without a valid visa.

Saudi Arabia is a huge embarrassment as an ally, much worse in many ways than countries we've gone to war with.

[Provost Harrison]

True...it is sometimes difficult to figure out which is the more progressive...Saudi Arabia or Iran.

[OzzyKP]

Iran.

[Traianvs]

Same in the US, you can't even transit the US without a valid visa.

Saudi Arabia is a huge embarrassment as an ally, much worse in many ways than countries we've gone to war with.

I flied to Guatemala in 2009 with a stop in Miami, and when I left from Mexico, again through Miami, I was free to head to the beach for a few hours. I don't recall asking for a visa; just had to fill in a web form iirc (stating I would not be carrying bombs with me and more of that bullcrap).

Anyway, a piece of cake if you want to enter the US illegally. Silly Mexicans trying to cross deserts and facing militias

[MikeH]

You are probably part of the Visa Waiver program, like we are in the UK.

[Asher]

Until last year, Canadians didn't even need a passport to go to the US...

[Provost Harrison]

You are probably part of the Visa Waiver program, like we are in the UK.

Yeah, I think the whole of the EU is part of the Visa Waiver program, hence a Belgian has no problems.

[Al B. Sure!]

KSA is a ****hole. ****ing hypocrites the lot of them.

And how come a country that produces 10 million barrels of oil each day (at a cost of 5-10 USD per barrel and an oil price of above 100 USD) and still have 75% of its population living in poverty is beyond me.

Where do you get 75% from?

Neither the World Bank nor the CIA have poverty statistics for Saudi Arabia but the Saudi authorities claim the poverty rate is 22%.

And the poor ones are the foreign nationals. 31% of Saudi Arabia's population are foreigners.