Yingluck thanks Pathee for actions over pilot’s joke
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Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra Monday thanked Nok Air chief executive Patee Sarasin and other Nok Air executives on her personal Facebook page for their apologies and their promise to take action against assistant pilots who joked about her.
She said she was glad that she and her team arrived home safely.
She said this case would set a precedent to stop something like this happening again.
According to reports, a group of assistant pilots exchanged messages on Sunday on flight DD8005 from Phrae province to Don Mueang International Airport.
The messages were followed by pictures of Yingluck and her team getting on the plane.
One of the messages said “victims are on board” followed my another message stating “CFIT.’’
CFIT is an aviation term, meaning an accident in which an aircraft, under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground, a mountain, a body of water or an obstacle.
Nok Air Monday released a statement of apology to Yingluck over the “wrongdoings” of its pilot. The airline said it gravely disapproved of negative staff comments directed at its passengers.
