Up where it belongs

Malaysian pride: No other airline in the world has experienced what MAS has with the downing and complete loss of passengers and crew of two aircraft mere months apart in 2014. Nursing the national carrier back to full health will take time. — Bloomberg

Few carriers could survive the catastrophes Malaysia Airlines endured, and yet through the trying times, it has continued to represent everything about us. 

I HAVE flown a variety of airlines, everything from the heavy hitters such as Emirates, Qatar Airways, British Airways and Cathay Pacific to even Jamaican Airlines and, more recently, Air Siberia, too. And in the United States, I have travelled on budget airlines where the flight attendants treat their passengers like nuisances rather than customers.