A top executive with Korean Air, who also happens to be the company chairman’s daughter, has submitted her resignation. This follows an incident where in-flight nuts were served improperly to her after the plane pulled away from its gate at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
A top executive with Korean Air, who also happens to be the company chairman’s daughter, has submitted her resignation. This follows an incident where in-flight nuts were served improperly to her after the plane pulled away from its gate at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
It’s the airline’s policy that first class passengers be given macadamias only after they’ve confirmed that they’d like some.
Once permission has been granted, the snacks are to be transferred from their bag onto a plate.
Executive and eldest daughter Cho Hyun-ah not only received the nuts without requesting them, when they arrived they were still in the bag.
She launched an immediate investigation into the breach and concluded that the cabin’s chief purser was incompetent and demanded he leave the plane immediately.
The flight was delayed while the craft made a trip back to the gate to drop the scorned employee off.
Many in South Korea were not pleased with the way she’d acted, calling it arrogant, petty, and entitled.
In the wake of the deluge of criticism, she voluntarily resigned her post and apologized.
Cho is now under investigation for any safety protocols she may have violated or risks she could have brought about during her outburst.
