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Qatar Airways Under Fire For Banning Famous Aviation YouTuber Josh Cahill
Qatar Airways, commonly praised for being among the world's best airlines, has recently come under negative spotlight over its reaction to a flight review posted on YouTube. Josh Cahill, a popular aviation YouTuber specializing in airline reviews, published a video titled "The Shocking Decline of Qatar Airways" in August 2023. Qatar Airways reacted furiously to Cahill's video by banning him from the airline and allegedly firing the cabin crew who operated that flight. (aeroxplorer.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Tempest in the Teapot.....
Another smelly mackerel flopping around on the flight deck
Another smelly Mackerel flopping around the flight deck
I'm sure there are those that would of been happy to see him filming and talking vlogging tossed off the flight. No problem with that now.
A lot of ethnocentric based opinions here. They handled it the way middle eastern countries handle things, this shouldn't be s surprise to others.
The fact that I've never had a negative experience on [fill in the blank] or that the experience is out of the norm doesn't negate another individual's experience. I haven't seen the video but from the information in the articles it sounds like the review implied that this wasn't just a bad day on a single day's combination of flight's but that it indicated that the airline was "in decline", which a single bad flight does not, in fact do.
Care should be taken when writing about things that happen in other countries to understand what the consequences are. I noted that he learned of the ban when traveling to Thailand. A review such as this in Thailand can result in crimiinal slander charges! So one has to really take some care to understand the context of what they are doing in the culture that they are potentially offending. American values are just that, American, and they don't follow the person around the world.
Now, as an American myself I do generally support Mr. Cahill's right to say what he wishes about his experience, but he has to understand he's not dealing with inalieable "rights" here and he might also do well to remember that Qatar Airways is a state-owned airline and not a privately held company, too. He may find that he's also been banned from entering Qatar altogether (and I'd proceed with extreme caution if planning to fly to or through the country at all in the future if I were him.)
The fact that I've never had a negative experience on [fill in the blank] or that the experience is out of the norm doesn't negate another individual's experience. I haven't seen the video but from the information in the articles it sounds like the review implied that this wasn't just a bad day on a single day's combination of flight's but that it indicated that the airline was "in decline", which a single bad flight does not, in fact do.
Care should be taken when writing about things that happen in other countries to understand what the consequences are. I noted that he learned of the ban when traveling to Thailand. A review such as this in Thailand can result in crimiinal slander charges! So one has to really take some care to understand the context of what they are doing in the culture that they are potentially offending. American values are just that, American, and they don't follow the person around the world.
Now, as an American myself I do generally support Mr. Cahill's right to say what he wishes about his experience, but he has to understand he's not dealing with inalieable "rights" here and he might also do well to remember that Qatar Airways is a state-owned airline and not a privately held company, too. He may find that he's also been banned from entering Qatar altogether (and I'd proceed with extreme caution if planning to fly to or through the country at all in the future if I were him.)
Just another example of "wokeness"... if you disagree or go against them in any way, they will shut you down, purge, eliminate, imprison or have you killed for your "truth"!