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SEOUL, (APP/AFP) – The head of Korean Air, who just
resigned as the chief organiser of the 2018 Winter Olympics, was sued Wednesday by his carrier’s pilots for allegedly demeaning their work.
The airline’s pilot union filed a defamation lawsuit with the Seoul
district court against Cho Yang-Ho over a Facebook posting the chairman made in March, a Korean Air spokesman said.
Responding to a Korean Air pilot who backed a pay rise demand by
detailing the complex pre-flight checks required of the cockpit crew, Cho posted that flying a modern passenger plane on auto pilot was “easier than driving a car”.
“Don’t flaunt yourself too much. Even a dog would laugh. You are
talking big as if you were a Lindbergh who crossed the Atlantic Ocean”, Cho wrote.
The posting infuriated Korean Air pilots already embroiled in a
protracted wage dispute, and the union decided to take the matter to court.
The airline spokesman described the lawsuit as “irresponsible.”