Can this be for real??
Aug 11, 2019 | 1:33 am
#31
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 804
If this was Saudia it would be a different kettle of fish in my mind. Saudia isn't out there parading itself as a highly regarded international airline recruiting crew from around the world, plying them with booze and connecting them worldwide via the Benidorm of the middle east.
It's as if airlines like EK have split personalities - they are desperate to appear 'western' or shall we say 'arab super light' to a western audience (along with Qatar). They love a good sponsoring of a european football team and throwing around the Dom. Yet, when it comes to how they treat their staff it's a case of 'that's how it's done here, that's the law'.
Aug 11, 2019 | 9:04 am
#32
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 143
Are you for real?
#1 . If I as a passenger had paid a small fortune to sit in First Class and some lunatic on a power trip in his economy seat decided to come and sit in the same cabin as I and the crews reaction had been 'oh can I take your cocktail order' i'd be furious. What the heck, why don't we all just do that? Buy the cheapest economy ticket and just move into whichever seat we want and ignore and then verbally assault the cabin crew when asked to return to our allocated seat? What a great idea! Why don't they remove the onboard bar and install a boxing ring so passengers can fight over the empty J/F seats? Actually if i'm staying at the Ibis and there's an empty room in the Fairmont next door I should be entitled to just go stay there, right? Oh, i'm eating my Burger King meal but I spot an empty table in Nobu across the road, i'm gonna go there and demand to be served. Ridiculous!
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#1 . If I as a passenger had paid a small fortune to sit in First Class and some lunatic on a power trip in his economy seat decided to come and sit in the same cabin as I and the crews reaction had been 'oh can I take your cocktail order' i'd be furious. What the heck, why don't we all just do that? Buy the cheapest economy ticket and just move into whichever seat we want and ignore and then verbally assault the cabin crew when asked to return to our allocated seat? What a great idea! Why don't they remove the onboard bar and install a boxing ring so passengers can fight over the empty J/F seats? Actually if i'm staying at the Ibis and there's an empty room in the Fairmont next door I should be entitled to just go stay there, right? Oh, i'm eating my Burger King meal but I spot an empty table in Nobu across the road, i'm gonna go there and demand to be served. Ridiculous!
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I'm not talking about english common laws here. I'm talking about doing the right thing. Which in fairness if what EK are saying in that the original reports regarding suspension without pay were incorrect then they have.
If this was Saudia it would be a different kettle of fish in my mind. Saudia isn't out there parading itself as a highly regarded international airline recruiting crew from around the world, plying them with booze and connecting them worldwide via the Benidorm of the middle east.
It's as if airlines like EK have split personalities - they are desperate to appear 'western' or shall we say 'arab super light' to a western audience (along with Qatar). They love a good sponsoring of a european football team and throwing around the Dom. Yet, when it comes to how they treat their staff it's a case of 'that's how it's done here, that's the law'.
If this was Saudia it would be a different kettle of fish in my mind. Saudia isn't out there parading itself as a highly regarded international airline recruiting crew from around the world, plying them with booze and connecting them worldwide via the Benidorm of the middle east.
It's as if airlines like EK have split personalities - they are desperate to appear 'western' or shall we say 'arab super light' to a western audience (along with Qatar). They love a good sponsoring of a european football team and throwing around the Dom. Yet, when it comes to how they treat their staff it's a case of 'that's how it's done here, that's the law'.
Aug 17, 2019 | 10:41 am
#33
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: SIN
Programs: EK Blue, EY Guest, AA, QR
Posts: 289
I am surprised that posters here are surprised....
The same airline saw a case last year where a drunk off duty pilot assaulted crew, and threatened to blow up the plane
What did he get?
A suspended sentence because the east European girl who was assaulted 'forgave' him, no doubt because she was threatened to. And of course the threat was overlooked
All because of the pilots nationality
Another person would have gotten a year at least
The same airline saw a case last year where a drunk off duty pilot assaulted crew, and threatened to blow up the plane
What did he get?
A suspended sentence because the east European girl who was assaulted 'forgave' him, no doubt because she was threatened to. And of course the threat was overlooked
All because of the pilots nationality
Another person would have gotten a year at least
Aug 17, 2019 | 12:08 pm
#34
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,791
I am surprised that posters here are surprised....
The same airline saw a case last year where a drunk off duty pilot assaulted crew, and threatened to blow up the plane
What did he get?
A suspended sentence because the east European girl who was assaulted 'forgave' him, no doubt because she was threatened to. And of course the threat was overlooked
All because of the pilots nationality
Another person would have gotten a year at least
The same airline saw a case last year where a drunk off duty pilot assaulted crew, and threatened to blow up the plane
What did he get?
A suspended sentence because the east European girl who was assaulted 'forgave' him, no doubt because she was threatened to. And of course the threat was overlooked
All because of the pilots nationality
Another person would have gotten a year at least
The offender was American.
Aug 19, 2019 | 5:46 am
#36
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,791
Aug 19, 2019 | 6:08 am
#37
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 591
I am surprised that posters here are surprised....
The same airline saw a case last year where a drunk off duty pilot assaulted crew, and threatened to blow up the plane
What did he get?
A suspended sentence because the east European girl who was assaulted 'forgave' him, no doubt because she was threatened to. And of course the threat was overlooked
All because of the pilots nationality
Another person would have gotten a year at least
The same airline saw a case last year where a drunk off duty pilot assaulted crew, and threatened to blow up the plane
What did he get?
A suspended sentence because the east European girl who was assaulted 'forgave' him, no doubt because she was threatened to. And of course the threat was overlooked
All because of the pilots nationality
Another person would have gotten a year at least