--- description: The steward, whose resignation she demanded over her "nut rage", said she became abusive title: 'Nut Rage' Exec Treated Crew 'Like Slaves' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74d295031798feca/69877d1ba988ca99bb6ac3b2/460908416.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [South Korea](/tag/south-korea/) ## South Korea Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Daughter of Korean Air Boss Treated Crew 'Like Slaves,' Chief Steward Says by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 2, 2015 9:28 AM CUT  Former Korean Air vice president Cho Hyun-ah leaves the Seoul western prosecutors' office as she is transferred to a detention house on Dec. 30, 2014, in Seoul Former Korean Air vice president Cho Hyun-ah leaves the Seoul western prosecutors' office as she is transferred to a detention house on Dec. 30, 2014, in SeoulChung Sung-Jun—Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 2, 2015 9:28 AM CUT The former Korean Air (KAL) executive currently on trial in the “nut rage” case treated the airline’s crew [like “feudal slaves,”](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/02/us-southkorea-nuts-idUSKBN0L60H420150202 "undefined") according to statements from a chief steward in court on Monday. Cho Hyun-ah, the daughter of KAL chairman Cho Yang-ho, flew into a rage when she was [served macadamia nuts](http://time.com/3623351/korean-air-daughter-nuts/ "undefined") in a bag instead of a dish on a flight departing New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport in early December. Chief steward Park Chang-jin described Cho Hyun-ah as “a beast that found its prey gritting its teeth as she became abusive, not listening to what I had to say at all,” Reuters reports. The 40-year-old scion, who was KAL vice president at the time, forced the aircraft to return to the gate and demanded Park’s immediate removal, but ultimately ended up resigning herself following public outrage over her actions. Cho’s father apologized to Park in court last week and promised he would not be reprimanded over the incident. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/02/us-southkorea-nuts-idUSKBN0L60H420150202 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3691861/korean-air-nut-rage-chairman-daughter-steward-slaves/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3691861/korean-air-nut-rage-chairman-daughter-steward-slaves/"},"headline":"Daughter of Korean Air Boss Treated Crew 'Like Slaves,' Chief Steward Says","datePublished":"2015-02-02T09:28:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:03:36.005Z","description":"Cho Hyun-ah behaved like \"a beast,\" the court hears","url":"https://time.com/3691861/korean-air-nut-rage-chairman-daughter-steward-slaves/","keywords":["South Korea","court"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74d295031798feca/69877d1ba988ca99bb6ac3b2/460908416.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74d295031798feca/69877d1ba988ca99bb6ac3b2/460908416.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"460908416","caption":"<> on December 30, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. The Seoul court is expected to decide on December 30, 2014 whether to issue an arrest warrant for Cho, who resigned as vice president at the Korean Airline for delaying an airplane to take off over how","creditText":"Chung Sung-Jun—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/south-korea/","name":"South Korea"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3691861/korean-air-nut-rage-chairman-daughter-steward-slaves/","name":"Daughter of Korean Air Boss Treated Crew 'Like Slaves,' Chief Steward Says"}}]}] ```