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More background here: https://onemileatatime.com/qatar-airways-fires-pilot/ https://viewfromthewing.com/qatar-airways-firing-pilots-and-... It's suggested in the first article that the pilot had failed to pass the necessary exams: "The other side of the story here is that the pilot has spent the past six years completing a two year training course, and still hasn’t passed any of the tests necessary to become a pilot.…
Why would they hire someone so incapable in the first place?
Training was done in 2013 apparently. Still hasn't paid it by working for 7 years? Makes no sense.
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I can't tell if you're serious, but Qatar has had a long history of migrant worker abuses and exploitation, perhaps most globally publicized due to the FIFA World Cup controversies. This Qatar Airways incident is rather benign by comparison. Migrant/foreign workers make up almost 90% of their workforce according to this article, which honestly makes much of Qatar seem dependent on something resembling indentured serv…
Don't worry, it was a joke! I thought that would be more obvious given the current lockdown in most countries.