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Re:Qatar Airways demands payment for training from terminate... by vinay427 on Monday May 11, 2020 @05:58AM (#23140470)
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 servitude:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/middle-east-and-north-a...

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Re:Qatar Airways demands payment for training from terminate... by jonplackett on Monday May 11, 2020 @10:20AM (#23142406)
Don't worry, it was a joke! I thought that would be more obvious given the current lockdown in most countries.
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Re:Qatar Airways demands payment for training from terminate... by vinay427 on Monday May 11, 2020 @08:29PM (#23149212)
Ha, thanks for clarifying! I wasn't sure and perhaps should have taken it more lightly, but then I couldn't have attempted to make a point. :)
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Re:Qatar Airways demands payment for training from terminate... by squnch on Monday May 11, 2020 @06:04AM (#23140499)
There’s a word you have skirted around: “slavery.” Qatar is a slave trafficking state and deserves a total embargo far more than Iran or Cuba does.
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Re:Qatar Airways demands payment for training from terminate... by mcv on Monday May 11, 2020 @07:30AM (#23140976)
It's a disgrace that all countries are not already boycotting the FIFA championship in Qatar. Slavery is just one of the many things wrong with the decision to hold the championship there, though it's definitely the worst.
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