Juliet Bravo went for her annual shortly after our return and the passenger door was carefully examined by RGV. It transpired that a couple of rivets in the mechanism had broken and this is what had caused it to jam.
We were advised to wear pilots’ uniform when outside Europe; clearly the handlers and various airport officials expected this and if we found ourselves in any queue with CAT passengers, we were immediately shunted to the top of this. No visas were required except for entry into Muscat where we were staying for longer than the period for which aircrew do not need visas. Miranda required a visa for Abu Dhabi; next time she will also be kitted out in appropriate uniform!
Mike Grey of White Rose Aviation efficiently arranged all our overflight clearances and fuel/handling at Riyadh. We made handling arrangements at the other airfields we visited and other than landing fees at Muscat for which we were billed on our return, paid cash in US $ on departure.