Originally Posted by
eternaltransit
Less company policy and more a fact of expat life - one of the more striking things I find about GCC countries with high expat populations is that the obvious social hierarchy is quite racially classified, for various obvious reasons which, if we elaborate on, will get this thread moved straight into OMNI.
For the same reason, I will refrain from making further comments about morality of things and simply say that the stratification exists and bleeds into most aspects of (expat) life in the Gulf, especially in the hospitality industry.
Indeed. That said, when it comes to airline employees of some of those discriminated against ethnic backgrounds, let's just say that some of them are more likely to play games -- games which sort of strike back in ways that sort of level the playing field or even turn the tables. It shows up in how upgrades sometimes happen.