As Qatar / American Airlines Catfight Sizzles, An Eye On Real Action

It is difficult to document the recent spat between Qatar Airways and American Airlines is in any way related to the ongoing fight in the region with the Gulf Cooperation Council. But what is clear, in part, is that what appears like a cat fight represents the spirit of the relationship spat between Qatar and its wealthy neighbors. Moody’s investment service, in releasing a fourth of July Credit Opinion re-iterating its credit downgrade of the wealthy renegade Middle Eastern nation, takes are less emotional approach than Qatar Airways calling American Airlines flight attendants “old,” but in some respects it connects dots and targets issues that are more meaningful than a flight attendant’s age.