Tag: AIR TRAVEL
Airline faces backlash for sexy in-flight fashion show
On Tuesday, aviation authorities fined budget airline Vietjet 40 million dong ($1,761) after lingerie-clad models put on a sultry in-flight fashion show for a soccer team.
Vietnam’s under-23 men’s team was returning home after losing to Uzbekistan in the Asian Cup on Sunday, Reuters reports.
Photos of the models and players surfaced online after the flight, where they sparked controversy.
“Who let these escaped chimpanzees on the plane welcome home the under-23 team?” wrote one Facebook user.
Vietjet, which has gained flak in the past for sending flight attendants into the skies in bikinis, has apologized for the gaffe.
“This was an improvised performance by the logistics team that was not part of the company’s program,” Vietjet executive Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao writes on the company’s Facebook page.
But model and DJ Lai Thanh, who participated in the fashion show, tells Reuters that a Vietjet rep told her to “grab a photo with the players.”
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam also fined the flight’s chief stewardess the equivalent of $175 for the stunt.
“Despite the fact the Vietjet event didn’t jeopardize the safety of the flight, it could still have posed a safety risk,” they write in a statement.
Of course, not everyone is appalled by the stunt.
“Did it perk up the guys?” one Twitter user writes. “If it did, then the work the girls put into getting all dolled up was worth it for them.”
via: https://nypost.com/2018/02/02/airline-faces-backlash-for-sexy-in-flight-fashion-show/
American Airlines flight attendant accused of whacking mom with stroller
A woman was thrown off a plane Friday night — after a flight attendant allegedly whacked her with her baby’s stroller.
The American Airlines plane was at the gate in San Francisco’s airport when the encounter took place. The woman is seen on the video crying afterward.
Fellow passenger, Surain Adyanthaya, posted it online with the caption:
“OMG. Flight attendant violently took a stroller from a lady with a baby on my flight, hitting her and just missing the baby. Then he tried to fight a passenger who stood up for her.’’
“Then he tried to fight a passenger who stood up for her.’’
An airline employee boards and talk to the man who stood up for her. Her defender says, “you do that to me and I’ll knock you flat. You almost hurt a baby.’’ The employee replies, “stay out of it.’’
The woman and her kids are escorted off the plane, but the flight attendant is allowed to board.
American issued a press release saying, “What we see on this video does not reflect our values or how we care for our customers.’’
The airline upgraded the woman to first class and put her on another flight. It added the employee was “removed from duty.’’
This incident followed a similar confrontation Apr. 9 on a United Airlines plane in Chicago, when airline employes physically manhandled a doctor off the plane after he refused to give up his seat. He was left bloody with several injuries.