No one is forced to come to EK to work.
Guess it depends on how widely you define "forced". Perhaps in the "Glory Days" (when were those, again?!) people joined voluntarily, but a great many came due to unemployment or even worse working conditions elsewhere (*cough* Ryanair *cough*).
Choosing between making a living and not, feeding a family, or not - sure sounds like "forced" to me, no matter what word semantics one wishes to play. And if people come with debt, then they sure as hell will be "forced to work to repay".
At least it puts paid to EK's boasts about it being such a great employer. As well as their lies about attrition not being a problem. Both questions are answered resoundingly by increasing the period of slavery by 50%!
