Norman Hamilton – giving free upgrades to Labour politicians on Air Malta flights
I have received an email from somebody who was on Air Malta’s afternoon flight to London Heathrow last Monday.
Malta’s High Commissioner in London, lifelong DJ, show host and tour operator Norman Hamilton, was seated in 1A (club class). Labour MP Deborah Schembri was in economy class.
Just before take-off, Hamilton barged into economy class, asked Deborah Schembri to get up, and escorted her to seat 1C, next to him in Club Class.
The purser and other inflight staff said nothing.
But my correspondent writes: “Other passengers, however, did not stop commenting about the arrogance of these people and how they are just as bad if not worse than their predecessors.”
Malta’s high commissioner in London
Deborah Schembri – a free upgrade from Air Malta manager Norman Hamilton
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I’m sure it was a relief for the passenger seated near Deborah Schembri after she swapped places.
Especially if she was intent on eating Air Malta breakfast…
Why? Does she take two seats and pay for one?
Taghna lkoll
L-Air Malta taghna lkoll.
Vera l-kaz ta` kif jghid il-Malti li jekk filli ma tkun xejn u f`daqqa wahda issib furtuna tispicca tah-a f`qalzietek.
I missed the part in the news where Air Malta leased the Antonov An-225 Mriya.
Vera l-kaz ta` kif jghid il-Malti li jekk filli ma tkun xejn u f`daqqa wahda issib fortuna tispicca tah-a f`qalzietek.
Dak ghax inkella tibqa wicc ta’ Nazzjonalista. Jew Taghna Lkoll jew xejn.
Ms Schembri needed that extra seat.
Din hi l-umilta li ghajjat biha l-PM jumejn ilu?
She would have needed the space and the peace and quiet to research historical dirt so that every scandal this government faces will be hidden by something someone did in the last 25 years.
Of course we are all expected to forget the cry of a new style of government with transparency, meritocracy, bla, bla.
Muscat forgets that he was not harping the rights of migrants at any time and had to be stopped from pushing back. But the opposite argument suits him now and forgetting that he has been in Government for 20 months he again deflects the blame.
U veru “lest we forget” – Lura ghaz-zmien tad-dlamijiet – Arroganza grassa minn nies b’inferiority complex enormi. Shame shame and shame – l-Air Malta taghna lkoll – ZIGG
I’m sure that the passenger who was sitting next to Ms Schembri didn’t object when Norman Hamilton spirited her away.
Now that is being positive!
“Just as bad, if not worse as their predecessors” WHAT!
Why are we still comparing these low-lives to the PN? There is no comparison AT ALL.
No high commissioner working for the government when the PN was in power would have ever done that.
We had corruption under PN, agreed, as well as a tired, unimaginative government with an ever-extending circle of groupies benefiting. We have this worse now too, and that is comparable.
But we didn’t have this third-world regime behaviour synonymous with massive inferiority complexes and significantly low upbringing.
Exactly what I thought.Very often people who express this opinion are people who voted Labour in and now are not at all eager to admit what a flop this government is.
I completely agree with you.
I say let them keep on sowing the seeds of their own downfall, the arrogant fools.
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
The displacement could have been at the request of passengers sitting next to her or at the pilot’s discretion to balance the load.
No, providing free upgrades to ‘Taghna Lkoll’ is the basis of Labour’s new restructuring plan for Air Malta. The more freebies to Labour VVIPs, the closer Air Malta gets to bankruptcy
Hamilton must have taken pity on Deborah Schembri knowing full well, he earns three times plus, what she makes as Labour MP.
Huma jitnejjku u jixxalaw u imbaghad lill-Maltin go l-Ingilterra jigu jitolbuhom kwazi £60 ta’ bicca passaport. To quote Ms Garrett: f***in *ankers.
At least she got a taste of what club class is like before they send Air Malta to the wall.
I’m sure she got more than just a taste.
Two bloody mother suckers
Qisha mela kielet ftit aktar u ahjar.
According to him, he only asked her to sit next to him. Like a perfect gentleman. Right. Very progressive.
Sar gentlom id- DJ, mela.
Unfortunately this is what you get when you vote trash into government.