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A couple of stories about Emirates Airlines recently, do these originate in their publicity dept?
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ARO3-lm4s5s/deena-kamel
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That competition comes at a cost - usually on the backs of the lower level employees, such as the crew. Do you want the labor conditions in the article to be common in the US? I get it, flying is awful. But it's a cutthroat industry. When everyone picks their flight sorting by price, you end up with what we have today.
I disagree that the competition always comes at a cost. Many European airlines tend to have a better reputation in the flying community than the major American carriers, and I have no doubt they provide more worker's rights than are the norm in the US. The same can be said for the top-notch Asian carriers, which to be fair also tend to have a lower cost of living and likely pay as a result.
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I am not exactly sad to see the US deciding that Dubai is not a valued trading partner for anything other than raw natural resources. Socially, and culturally, the values that Dubai advocates are anathema to the typical American. More troubling is the fact that the Emirates is operated by a sovereign totalitarian state, and so it is not as simple as two private companies competition with one another. Can the Emirates…
Excellent comment. Why is it wrong to use trade barriers against a marketplace adversary who has an unfair advantage? We do the same with tariffs for imported products as well in the US (China dumping solar panels on the market below cost, for example). As an American, I support using trade barriers against Dubai due to their humanitarian/human rights policies (or lack thereof).