지금 호주사는데 호주 뉴스에도 나왔다.. ㅅㅂ.. 사람들 엄청 읽고 있는데 개쪽팔린다..
대한항공 이미지 이년때문에 완전 개차반 되고 이제 나도 대한항공 안탄다. 대한항공 안에서는 그년이 갑일지는 몰라도 미국 공항에서 공항 룰까지 어길수 있을만큼의 갑은 아니다. 굿바이 대한항공.
Korean Air CEO's daughter Cho Hyun-Ah goes nuts over nuts: flight delayed after macadamia brouhaha
Date December 9, 2014 - 11:06AM 411 reading now - 지금 411명이 읽고 있음(29)
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Angry: Cho Hyun-Ah. Photo: Getty Images
A flight from New York to Seoul faced a brief but dramatic delay when the head flight attendant was kicked off the plane over the mishandling of an airline executive's macadamia nuts.
The Korean Airlines flight was taxiing to the runway when a junior flight attendant served the in-flight snack, in its packet, to executive vice president Heather Cho.
Ms Cho, 40, also known as Cho Hyun-Ah, oversees in-flight experiences for the family-run flag carrier and took exception to the arrival of the nuts that she had not requested, as well as how they were served.
Ms Cho summoned the chief flight attendant who, she argued, was responsible for the crew failing to follow the airline service manual correctly and should therefore leave the plane, the airline said.
AdvertisementAs a result, the plane had to return to the terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, causing an 11-minute delay in arrival.
The incident garnered substantial media attention and public criticism for Ms Cho's action.
In a statement, the Transport Ministry said it was investigating the case to see if it involved any breach of aviation safety regulations.
"If the investigation finds any violations, the necessary action will be taken against the air carrier," it said.
One ministry official told AFP that Ms Cho's action had been "totally inappropriate".
Seoul's main opP0SITION party also called for a thorough probe, saying the daughter of Korean Air chief executive Cho Yang-Ho had a responsibility to protect the airline's image.
"Why did she have to make all that fuss because of some stupid macadamia nuts?" the New Politics Alliance for Democracy said in a statement.
"She soiled the reputation of our flag carrier," it said.
A Korean Air spokesman said Ms Cho had taken the P0SITION that the head flight attendant was incapable of ensuring the safety of the 250 passengers on the 13-hour flight to Seoul.
A spokesman for the airline said it was reasonable for Ms Cho to "raise a problem in service" given her P0SITION within the company.
"The chief flight attendant failed to get the right manual, and this led Cho to believe he was not qualified for that job," the spokesman said.
The pilot on board agreed with Ms Cho's decision, he said.
Online commenters in communities such as reddit seemed unimpressed with Ms Cho's decision.
"This lady is in the wrong Korea," wrote one, in what has become the most popular post in the discussion.
