Irate TV host calls for sacking of aviation chief
A well-known TV host in China has lashed out at the country’s civil aviation regulator, calling for its chief to resign and apologise for causing “extensive air flight delays that have affected tens of millions of passengers”.
A well-known TV host in China has lashed out at the country’s civil aviation regulator, calling for its chief to resign and apologise for causing “extensive air flight delays that have affected tens of millions of passengers”.
If [they] can not put themselves in someone else’s shoes, then they should step down from their posts, or they will never understand power derives from people
Meng is one of the best-known TV hosts in China with over 32 million weibo followers. He established his popularity after hosting the dating show “Take Me Away” and co-hosting the quiz show “Fei De Will Watch”, which have both become viral in the past few years.
The celebrity’s comments were made in response to suggestions that civil aviation bureau officials should be forced to experience the long flight delays faced by ordinary passengers.
“I wouldn’t dare to challenge an official as senior as Li Jiaxiang if it wasn’t for the constant delays in recent years that have been driving me crazy,” Meng said in another post, referring to the chief of China’s Civil Aviation Administration.
Phone calls to the aviation administration by the South China Morning Post were not answered on Thursday.