SEOUL: Korean Air CEO Cho Yang-Ho publicly apologised yesterday after his daughter triggered public anger and ridicule by kicking the head of cabin crew off a flight because of the way she had been served some nuts.
Addressing a televised press conference, Cho apologised for his daughter Cho Hyun-Ah’s “foolish act” and suggested he should share some of the blame for not bringing her up correctly.
“I am making this apology as a father and as the head of Korean Air,” Cho said. As well as being the boss’s daughter, Cho Hyun-Ah was a vice president of the family-run airline, but her father confirmed that she was being relieved of all her official posts. Cho Hyun-Ah has been front-page fodder in the South Korean media since forcing a New York-Seoul Korean Air flight to return to its gate last Friday to remove the chief purser, the most senior member of the crew.
Cho, sitting in first class, took exception to the arrival of some macadamia nuts she had not asked for, and to the fact that they were served in a packet rather than a bowl.
AFP
