SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A man in his 50s who worked as an airline flight attendant for 25 years and succumbed to stomach cancer has now been officially recognized as the victim of an industrial accident caused by cosmic radiation. Previously, cosmic radiation-related accidents among flight attendants had primarily been associated with blood cancers [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will begin putting a ceiling on the number of international flights for cabin crew members to minimize their exposure to cosmic radiation, the nuclear safety agency said Saturday. Under the revised law, air carriers are obliged to change the routes or reduce the number of flights for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The labor union of South Korea’s biggest carrier Korean Air Lines Co. on Tuesday lodged a complaint against a female YouTuber who appears in underwear in a lookbook video before putting on flight attendant uniforms, alleging that she defamed the reputation of flight attendants. The complaint was filed with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A suicide committed by an airline employee during forced leave following the coronavirus outbreak has been recognized as a work accident. The Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service announced Tuesday that it had notified the family members of the late Korean Air Lines Co. employee in September that the [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A flight attendant who passed away from leukemia after years of flying over Arctic routes belatedly received industrial accident recognition. The Committee on Occupational Diseases Judgment, which operates under the umbrella of the state-run Korea Workers’ Compensation & Welfare Service, admitted last week that there was a causal relationship between [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A Malaysian low-cost airline, AirAsia, is facing harsh criticism for its unusual recruitment procedures. AirAsia’s Korean office recently presented a special online audition as part of its flight attendant recruitment efforts. Applicants had to send a one-minute long introductory video of themselves, which the company would upload on Naver, a [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of sick leaves among flight attendants at two Korean national airlines is 10 times higher than the number among airline workers on the ground. Jet lag, night shifts, exposure to cosmic radiation and emotional burdens are estimated to contribute to the high number. According to a paper [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Air senior vice president Cho Hyun-ah, also known as Heather Cho, is at the center of controversy after she ordered a flight attendant off a plane while it was taxiing on a recent flight. On December 5 in the United States, the plane heading to Incheon from New York [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Even though the National Human Rights Commission of Korea has repeatedly warned to abolish physical requirements on height, five airlines in South Korea including Korean Airlines and its affiliate Jin Air, Jeju Air, Eastar Jet and T’way Air still keep applicants shorter than 162 centimeters, or about 5 feet 4 [...]