Korean Air’s Cho Quits After Criticism Over Staff Treatment
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Heather Cho, daughter of Korean Air Lines Co. Chairman Cho Yang Ho, resigned after her ordering an employee to leave a plane over service standards created a backlash from the public.
Cho, 40, and a vice president at the Seoul-based airline, offered her resignation to the board and the directors accepted that, the carrier said in an e-mailed statement today. The chairman presided over the meeting.