When the boyfriend of a flight attendant decided to pop the big question 30 minutes into a flight, he didn't think it would end this badly...
What should have been one of the happiest moments of this flight attendants life, has resulted in a bitter fallout.
The China Eastern Airlines flight attendant is reportedly out of a job, months after she accepted a marriage proposal from her longtime boyfriend during the middle of a flight, Fox News reported.
On September 10, China’s Channel 8 reported that the unnamed female flight attendant received a dismissal letter from the carrier in the mail over the May incident.
According to Asia One, the woman's boyfriend walked to the front of the plane and got down on one knee, roughly 30-minutes into the flight.
The two then shared a hug after she accepted the offer.
Harmless enough right? Wrong... according to the airline anyway.
China Eastern Airlines say she was terminated over concerns that she “neglected passenger safety.”
According to Channel 8, the airline’s letter detailed that the “private romantic behaviour caused turmoil among passengers” and was “extremely irresponsible for the safety of passengers.”
Asia One reported that the news has drawn mixed reactions among social media users in China.
Some say that her firing was “inhuman” while others argue that handling “private affairs” during professional hours is wrong.
