“They don’t even HIRE Americans as anyone who’s cruised knows.”
They can’t hire Americans. If they did that at American pay scale, there would be no cruises because they’d be unaffordable. The cruise employees are rock stars in their home countries; scoring a job with a cruise line is about as good as it gets. It’s not an easy life, but they’re taking care of their families.
Exactly. And if they did, I doubt you'd get near the service you do from say, the Filipinos.
“They can’t hire Americans. If they did that at American pay scale, there would be no cruises because they’d be unaffordable.”
You could make the same argument about a hundred industries. In fact, that is precisely the logic that led to the demise of American manufacturing.