Do you live in Dubai or Thunder Bay?
There are labour laws in Dubai, there are stories in the paper all the time here about somebody sueing an employer, and several dismissed pilots have sued Emirates. I'm not a lawyer so I'm not going to list comparative differences, but to come on here and state that there are no labour laws is simply not true. That there are no unions is a much more valid point to make.
Of course Dubai airport charges landing fees, do you think they'd give it away for free??
And yes, Emirates pays them too. They just published part of a document they're preparing to address these common myths in the industry in the company paper. Emirates is one of the most profitable businesses Dubai owns and as we all know, Dubai needs money, so they're going to siphon off as much as they can from the goose that laid the golden egg, including landing fees.
So every airline that comes into Canada pays all their ground staff the same as AC?? You must be joking! Not even WJ does that!! How about Pakistan Int'l Air? Air India?
Give it up guys, your argument is weak and hollow. AC will not perish if EK gets a few more slots a week at YYZ.