Qatar Airways CEO, Akbar Al Baker: "That's a load of bullsh--"
Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways' cheif executive, has denied claims in an interview with CNN that the national airliner maintains a policy that require female cabin crew members to ask for permission before getting married.
Al Baker was interviewed over the phone by CNN's business anchor, Richard Quest, about some allegations that claims Qatar Airways only hires single female cabin crew and they have to sign a contract that prevents them from getting married until five years into their employment.
Al Baker denied these allegations and responded by saying, "That is a load of bulls---." He added that these allegations were being made because there are no unions in Qatar, which is bothering the competitors.
"Our work practices are very progressive, people have all the rights that they require and [the] rumours being circulated [are] absolutely untrue," Al Baker added.
In the past, the airline was accused of requiring female flight attendants to inform superiors as soon as they know they are pregnant, which could lead to them losing their jobs.
Al Baker said inspectors from the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) had visited his airline and found "that all these rumours are unsubstantiated and just created to paint a bad picture of Gulf carriers".
However, Al Bakers has been found contradicting his previous statements. He said the contracts were to ensure the cabin crew did their jobs and there were not enough ground positions to allow pregnant flight attendants to temporarily take up another role with the company. [CNN]
In 2014, Al Baker did not deny at the time that Qatar Airways sometimes ended the contracts of pregnant cabin crew, saying that the carrier only had a limited number of ground roles it could offer pregnant crew, who are unable to fly due to health concerns. [DohaNews]
According to comments on social media and forums, some ex-employees of Qatar Airways have confirmed that these allegations are true.
Watch the interview on CNN.
Were/are you a flight attendant on Qatar Airways? Can anyone confirm these allegations?
Hi,l know it's a long-time on this comment but please one man's poison is another man's meet please am looking for a job in Qatar airways l have NOC to transfer l'm from Ghana not married and not thinking of it so please if someone can help me please.70135105.
Well the truth is in ur eyes! get closer and ask them they will tell u all of this is bull shit now i understand why he lie that means he is not confident on what he is doing big shame for him!the truth is people work in this job because they need the money to change there life not because they r happy on the rules!i believe if u need 2 win a war u need 2 have a passionate warriors!he have only slaved they work to survive not with happiness!following steps of other fast growing countrys principle is the easy ways to make a difference in this company rather than try 2 creat ur own which doesn't reflect 21century!!!!!
Quicky, U r new here u will know more then u won't support these douchebags @ saka-akber.
Mental sakaera, don't spread the hatredness on all forums , u don't have anything n ur head so keep off the serous topics.U have been warned many times.
MM, What more can say about the fellow @ sakaera who hates himself & admits that. Appriciate ur efforts to give a fitting treatment to the Troll of Hell @ sakaera. Sakaera's head is blank.
Quicky, Welcome at QL, ask for any help, we r here to guide u, enjoy ur time in Qatar. Together we can tame Psycos-Tapory-Douchebags like lionel & sakaera.
Shity, Your exposed now, 've shame. You posted ..... sometime back ....
'' Risk. I had so many id's. Sakaera was my first id since 2010.''
''I'm papi.''
''I hate saying myself as telangana or andhra. I'm proud to be from hyderabad.''
17 days ago ........................... .................... 27 reports
Quick, You will know all about the pair of animals 1. Saka 2 Lionel , they are more than satisfied with their titles. But the funny thing is they will never know the meaning so you don't worry.
But you may support these two saka-lionel junglies.
You are a born dumb Saka. Blank brain, say something about the topic, psyco.
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'' Douchebag sakaera is being loved blindly by only madcow-lionel ''. Do they really deserve this honour ?
Prize, Both are bros, if sakaera calls dog to Lionel he is happy, if Lionel call shity to sakaera , he is more happier. Both foul mouth each other, both are psycos , they had admitted it.
saka,it's too much when u call a barking dog 2 lionel and that animal is happy with it, lol.
welkin2,u were never a professional who left ur career for spending time with a woman, pathetic.
shity-sakera,ur comment for madcow lionelakber is welcome what happens.when some one tries to correct his madnes , his barking chamcha come up to defend him. this way lionel's barking chamcha is shity-sakaera.Douchebag sakaera is being loved blindly by only madcow-lionel.
Welkin2,
Let your example be a reason for all of us to realize, this world is very large for us. don't stop here , explore it. Think out of the box(Qatar). All these 'Q' companies are not the best in the world.
Well said Sakaera ( Mental Metal :-D ), actually was waiting for R2R to come to MM rescue ( MM biggest fan ) just cannot see d personal comments made by MM at anytime... they both wear d same .... am sure u got it!
THIS is what happens...when some one tries to correct the madness of mental metal, his barking chamchas come up to defend him. these isis should be destroyed
Dear Perdian, we got approved visa from Doha immigration - the visa was process by my company PRO (my company is the most reputed Oil and Gas govt. firm in Qatar). I was on vacation at that time and he sent me the visa my email. I and my wife travelled to Qatar happily and then were shocked when at airport they immigration officer told she is banned and cannot enter Qatar. He had already stamped entry in my passport and my wife was behind me in the que..i still dont like remembering that day...the immigration guys were rude and they didnt allow me to stay there...my wife was deported back and i could not go with her...we try to sort the matter out with help of my company HR manager but faild. Finally I resigned and went back to my wife.
LOL, MM got tired by telling same thing to the story maker @ welkin2 to be respectful to the authorities but the fellow is not prepared to learn the basics of the modern society.
Words to be noted from PERDIAN's post for L,AKBER and WELKIN are - explaining , politely , try to be humble and respectful , smiling and greeting politely helps the process ,
@lionel,You lack basic manners, personal attacks show u have no brain to discuss an issue, even my this comment won't be understood by u as u already started throwing up poison on MM & other qlers. Ur case seems 3 be beyond repair now. Enjoy with your interests.
Welkin2,
did immigration approved for your wife visa (under husband sponsor) if so, then she can enter Doha - Qatar without any issues. i have a friend who have a similar case with you, her wife was not being paid properly, so he ask her wife to leave the company and go back to Qatar via husband sponsor. the said company cancelled her (red stamp) ; but after 1 month he got her a visa under his sponsor after explaining to immigration properly and politely about the situation. as per my experience here in Qatar (6 yrs+ and counting) if your going to deal with gov't. offices, try to be humble and respectful as this is their country. smiling and greeting politely helps the process to :D
Akbar, No doubt , Bullsh.... is ' interesting ' to you , read your first comment ......... .
Akbar, You are not so good at identifying your type of psychos ..... you might have had a personal experience of madness .... you need to do more practice by remaining in that situation for some more years ..... then you could think of mastering it ..............
Akbar, You are mistaken, I have sympathy with the affected family ..... all I told him is how to control your emotional outburst ..... otherwise be prepared for the disappointment on many fronts ....
Relax welkin2! MM has some sort of psychological issues, u really don't need to reply to whatever MM writes... MM always takes pleasure in someone else's misery ( if u read all his previous posts )...best thing is to simply ignore!
Welkin , They said long ago that .... Pride hath a fall.
there is a word used in corporate culture for people like you "who show high regards for the officials & management "....since i am a "decent" guy and this is a family social site I cannot use that particular word - unfortunately ---- see how decent I am ...and still you hate me....why man why!!!!
Welkin, If you wish to get a job & facilities from somebody we must learn to fulfill their requirements , their rules & their conditions ...... otherwise there is a long queue who show high regards for the officials & management and they would be replacing the arrogants ..... who are intrested in their personal life affairs rather than the sponsors' business.
So , It is the greediness of the hubbies who carelessly leave their own countries' shores and wives just left to fend for themselves for the next two years when come back on vacation. ............. ....
You cannot put price on love and for my wife I can do anything - leaving a job is not a big thing - I am talented and can pull very well on my own - it seems Mr. Molten Metal doesnt have anyone worth living in his life or he would have understood my feeling better - but hey I am not complaining here remember - the topic was about certain comments by "top official" and I with my personal experience know that what he said was a lie.
Welkin, You made me laugh when you put blame on a third person you own mistakes.
Wives who love their husbands never allow them to leave the town limits ..... .......
Welkin , Once you get out of a prestigous firm for the sake of marrying only it's almost impossible to regain same lift for the 2nd time ..... one has pay for the wrong decisions for the long long times to comes ..... .............. ............
2 year ban as per law for changing sponsorship related to employement is understandable. But to deny a fundamental right for a husband and wife to live together is not only inhumane but i believe even unreligious.
I apologize for my "lowlyness". I understand that only "top officials" are allowed to use abusive words on CNN interviews. I will try to be more "decent".
Welkin , You are interested into a forced entry of your wife into Qatar ....... Isn't it a shamful dream ?
Remember , She earn bread from that co & you are speaking ill of them after the tough time has passed. How many other girls are idle , looking for work in air lines or anywhere for example & your wife just kicked a respectable employment.
Welkin, Your anger is understandable but you showed extreme disrespect to the top official that showed your own lowlyness ........... You used abusive word on QL, it is a family site , take care in future to be decent on any social site.
For me the ultimate humiliation was that Qatar Govt. issued me housewife visa for my wife - we travelled to qatar and she was deported back from Doha Airport - it seems their system for banning is not in sync at doha immigration and airport immigration.
Well I left my job with a prestigeous Qatar Govt. company and doing now contract work and I still am unable to get any information whether my wife is banned for 2 years or permanently. No one in the immigration replies properly.
welkin2, we all know about this serial bullsh!tter !!
I personally know of 3 similar cases where the cabin crew were forced to resign prior to marriage and subsequent 2 year ban imposed.
Well I can personally confirm for fact the following thing - I met my wife while she was working with Qatar Airways, we decided to get married - She had to ask for permission as per her contract - permission was denied. So she resigned her job and I tried to get her visa on my sponsorship - but the "Bull-****er" got her banned from entering Qatar. For me at least this proves that Mr. Baker is a liar and person with double standards.
HAHA LOL! QL HAHA You could have misspelled the "BULL---"" into sheet HAHAH! just for fun you know xD
Interesting!