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The "son of a politician takes a high level engineering position" story happens everywhere. If airbus has a strict hiring process I don't see any issue here. It's the same as people saying programmers from India are bad - I have worked with some incredibly skilled Indian programmers, literally top tier people(educated and living in India too, not immigrants educated elsewhere). You have all kinds everywhere, it's just what standard you want to set.

Morocco is notorious for its nepotism though. The run on Ceutta can't be unseen from the problem that for many young Moroccans pursuing an education is almost useless, as the opportunities are exclusively for the political elite. A whole generation does not see any future for themselves in their own country, which is very sad from my pov.

In India, afaik, a well-educated Indian has fairer chances. I don't know how much the current unemployment situation is playing out though.

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