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An attractive woman has set tongues wagging after she was allowed to sit in the cockpit during her Cathay Pacific flight home to Hong Kong from Taipei.
[fwdevp preset_id=”8″ video_path=”RUG-XaQTp9U”]The passenger, Ada Ng Tsz-yan, posted the video and six photos on her Weibo microblog this week. One photo was of her boarding pass, which indicated she was assigned the jump seat.
Commenters on multiple internet news and social media platforms expressed outrage that the woman was allowed to ride up front. The department said it was “seeking clarification from the concerned airlines”. In her post dated Tuesday, Ng said the flight was full and she was fortunate the captain allowed her to sit behind him in the cabin.
“Experiencing the take-off and landing inside the cockpit is very cool,” she wrote.
Ng added that airline employees and their family could sit in the cockpit, but she did not say in her post whether she was either of those.
“Cathay Pacific permits approved persons under the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department guidelines to apply for the use of the jump seat,” an airline spokeswoman said. “Eligible applicants include Cathay Pacific employees and their immediate family members.”
The spokeswoman would not reveal whether the woman was an employee or family member, citing privacy concerns. But she said if the ticket was marked JMP, it meant she was appropriately assigned the jump seat.
Agencies/Canadajournal
