Send them home, I wouldn’t trust any of them in an aircraft.
I am no fan of the House of Saud, but I can’t paint all of them with that broad of a brush. I had some real dirtbags as students, but I also had some hardworking kids who came from a line of military aviators. The Saudi Navy seemed to have a lot more quality talent while the Air Force had more of the family connected shitheads.
I think any instructor would be well within their right to refuse to fly with the Saudi students for a bit, but at the end of the day they have to be treated as individuals too.
I mean, we went to war with the Japanese, Germans, and Italians in the not too distant past, and they train with us on the regular.
I’m thinking it would be smart to give them through the weekend to let things cool down and play out, then have instructors fly with them on a volunteer only basis...