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Qatar Airways boss apologizes for remarks on women CEOs
Qatar Airways boss apologizes for remarks on women CEOs
Reuters
Published Jun 06, 2018 08:18 AM PHT
SYDNEY -- The head of Qatar Airways apologized on Wednesday for saying that a woman could not do his job.
SYDNEY -- The head of Qatar Airways apologized on Wednesday for saying that a woman could not do his job.
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said his remarks at the closing of a major airlines gathering had been intended as a joke and had been taken out of context.
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said his remarks at the closing of a major airlines gathering had been intended as a joke and had been taken out of context.
He defended his airline's record of gender diversity, saying 44 percent of its staff were female.
He defended his airline's record of gender diversity, saying 44 percent of its staff were female.
"Quite frankly I think the press took it out of context. It was just a joke ... I apologize for it," Al Baker told the CAPA-Centre for Aviation airlines conference in Sydney.
"Quite frankly I think the press took it out of context. It was just a joke ... I apologize for it," Al Baker told the CAPA-Centre for Aviation airlines conference in Sydney.
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