ferris,
I stumbled across that link on the Qf web site, I was not aware until I saw that link that they had made such an effort. I think if any
PR dept were to try and use this as a pissing contest, customers would be turned off by it.
Giving money alone is not enough, and I see sending medical teams, and other professionals to help as being just as valuable contribution as pure money. I congratulate EK also if they have done the same.
BTW according to the C.I.A. UAE Ethnic groups: Emirati 19%, other Arab and Iranian 23%, South Asian 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8% (1982). They are a small country, I was referring to the middle east in general (which has a population many times that of Australia), these comments stemmed from news I saw from the UN regarding the worldwide giving after the disaster, they referred to the middle east as a collective and did not isolate any country which would turn it into a pissing contest.
