Posted on 06/13/2016 3:49:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The pilot's comments were made in a social media chat group used by Nok Air pilots that was later leaked.
In it a pilot posted a picture of Yingluck about to board their Nok Air flight over the weekend. One chat member responded with "We have prey on board". Another then added "CFIT".
CFIT is an aviation acronym for "controlled flight into terrain", a term used to describe when a pilot unintentionally crashes a plane that has no technical problems.
Panthongtae Shinawatra - the son of Yingluck's brother Thaksin Shinawatra, who was toppled as premier by a 2006 coup - posted the leaked chat on his Facebook.
"Even if the messages about passengers were just kidding, they count as illegal and unacceptable," he wrote.
Nok Air's CEO Patee Sarasin wrote an open apology to Yingluck, saying the pilot's comments did not reflect the company's.
"The airline affirms that we work with good governance to serve all passengers equally with no discrimination," he said, without elaborating what, if any, disciplinary action the pilot would face.
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