Cathay Dragon flight attendant sacked for ‘tampering with oxygen bottle’ claims she is being made a scapegoat and denies any wrongdoing
- Woman who has worked for airline for more than seven years questions whether she was sacked because she found the partly emptied bottle
- She and colleague became first employees to be fired after seven instances of emergency equipment being tampered with
One of two flight attendants fired for being suspected of tampering with an oxygen bottle during a Cathay Dragon flight from Kuala Lumpur to Hong Kong has said she was wrongfully dismissed.
Chloe, a pseudonym, denied sabotaging emergency equipment and claimed she was a scapegoat during a press conference held on Monday by the Hong Kong Cabin Crew Confederation, which for the second time accused the Cathay Pacific Group of instilling fear among employees.
“I feel so shocked. I discovered [the bottle], but I am not the one that did it,” Chloe, 30, said. Her colleague, who was assigned to check on the bottle, was also fired.
They were the first staff to be sacked after seven cases were found of oxygen bottles being partly or fully emptied.
“Maybe [I was fired] because I was the one who should take care of the bottle and I am the one who discovered it,” Chloe said.
She added there could have been inconsistencies in her colleague’s version of events, resulting in the pair’s dismissal.