The dark side of Dubai

Re:The dark side of Dubai by raganwald on Monday November 30, 2009 @07:24PM (#968996)

almost all airlines and cruiselines pay much less to people from China, the Philippines, etc, than they would to someone from France or Australia.

That surprises me. That isn't how it works for any of the airlines flying out of Canada, that is illegal here. The US has much more relaxed laws than we do, and a number of issues with respect to African Americans, but I'd be more than a little surprised if that was standard practice there.

What about European airlines like those flying out of England or Germany. Do they pay less to Chinese flight attendants? My guess would be that if they were legally able to work they would receive the same pay in countries like Germany and England. Am I mistaken?

I'm curious.

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Re:The dark side of Dubai by astrec on Monday November 30, 2009 @08:08PM (#969040)

Here's how it works (roughly):

  AU based airline flies route between SYD and BKK.
  Airline reduces capacity of SYD crew base.
  Airline declares BKK a crew base.
  Airline pays BKK cabin crew local rates.
  BKK cabin crew staff SYD->BKK->SYD flights.
  Profit.

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