One of the world’s largest airlines makes its flight attendants ask permission before getting married (washingtonpost.com)

February 16, 2015

Over the last 20 years, Qatar Airways has undergone a remarkable transformation. Backed by tiny Qatar’s government riches, the airline has added routes to every populated continent, soaring from the 90th-largest international carrier to the 10th. Its prices on flights to D.C., New York, Miami and Dallas are cheap enough to pose a major challenge for U.S. carriers, who are trying to fight back.

But there’s just one problem with an airline that says it has one of the “most modern” fleets in the skies: Qatar’s flight attendants live under rules of an earlier decade. A way earlier decade. Like, one without international labor standards or women’s rights.

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