Cathay axes attendant after coffee threat

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Cathay axes attendant after coffee threat

Published: 3 Dec 2012 at 19.50
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A Thai female cabin attendant with Cathay Pacific, who was at the centre of alleged misconduct involving ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's youngest daughter, was fired on Monday.

The airline issued a statement saying: "We have investigated the matter thoroughly. We can confirm that the incident involved a member of our cabin crew who has privately posted certain information on a social media site about one of our passengers and that it is an unauthorised incident.

"We can also confirm that the cabin crew concerned is no longer an employee of the company,'' it said.

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bluebottle
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Discussion 28 : 04 Dec 2012 at 09.0728
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Yes she was wrong to do what she did but it was out of sheer frustration, the authorities are doing nothing to bring this convict to justice.The plane appears to have been in Bangkok for goodness sake.
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Discussion 27 : 04 Dec 2012 at 00.3927
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Very unprofessional behavior on the part of that flight attendant. Certainly not smart to post it on her facebook page. Cathay Pacific had no choice but to sack her.
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Discussion 26 : 04 Dec 2012 at 00.3426
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More yellow hate posts. Online hate mail. The yellow say they are not violent and are inteligent. Lets just admit it. Only some of them are this way. Others are just as violent, corrupt and stupid as the ones you condem. Both sides have their bad apples. So when you make a comment or post try to keep it real and not so demeaning that it incourages this type of ideal or violence within your parties.
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Discussion 25 : 03 Dec 2012 at 23.4525
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Post 109. Spot on !!!
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Discussion 24 : 03 Dec 2012 at 23.3224
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She was an employee of Cathay Pacific so the company handling the situation is different. But it is strange to think that these protests against the air hostess were coming from people, who thought that some Thai laws were too strict when mere verbal comments were passed. Society needs to handle such situations carefully or it would blow up into physically violent wars. I saw many innocent bystanders during the red protests, being beaten till they bled for just looking angrily at the red protestors or saying something to them. Thailand is becoming truly shameless, or at least exposing that side of it's character too often lately.
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Discussion 23 : 03 Dec 2012 at 23.2923
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I agree with D1. All the Shinawatras are criminals and should be jailed. I'll never fly Cathay again.
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Discussion 22 : 03 Dec 2012 at 23.1122
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Though I have no sympathy for anyone who is corrupt; politician or police, I do not support the action of this flight attendant. Flight attendants are duty bound to assist and serve the passengers. Disclosing the flight information is crossing the limit. Airlines must take disciplinary actions that's what they did. I appreciate it.
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Discussion 21 : 03 Dec 2012 at 22.5221
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I am think she damage company reputation and very lucky Shinawatra did not take her to court
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Discussion 20 : 03 Dec 2012 at 22.4820
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The cabin attendant(retired) has plenty of spare time to join the next Boonlert rally.
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Discussion 19 : 03 Dec 2012 at 22.4719
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This flight attendants comments reflect many people opinion of the Shinawatra Clan .Its funny when you spell check Shinawatra trashiness comes up .
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