Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
What prejudice? to start with, no one here (afaik) was present at the situation and know why the airline chose to suspend the member of staff - based on the news article it seems odd to me, but there may be more facts than a newspaper article chooses to mention
With a suspension occurring, then it does not seem surprising that the person is not being paid whilst suspended
Why should a "western viewpoint" be viewed as correcc; the person has chosen to work for a company in Dubai and its laws apply
Not like the "west" nevessarily has great emplyment laws - the US seems to be pretty poor in employee protections
I said apparent prejudice, not an absolute presumption of it - like most I have only the article to go by and I believe that is a fair opinion based on it. You even said "it seems odd" using the same source, so not so far apart in one breath but questioning no prejudice in another.
I also never said one or the other viewpoint is correct, just putting one Western view forward for discussion, as you have just done with the US reference.
Suspension on full pay is a regular occurence in many places depending on the nature of any alleged transgression.
For what it's worth, I for one hope too many places do not succumb to Western thoughts on right and wrong, but neither do I think that should preclude any discussion.