Slapping Incident?

[LionCity]

Read in Today internet edition on a lawsuit from an SQ Inflight attendant against the wife of the CEO of Venture Corp relating to an incident onboard an SQ flight.

FA claimed she was slapped by the wife relating to a chat between her husband and the FA.

Link: http://www.todayonline.com/pdf_main....bdate=20080212

[Singapore_Air]

Yes - well that's an unfortunate incident isn't it! Oh dear.

[MAN Flyer]

I thought this had been settled. Obviously not!.

[LionCity]

Yes - well that's an unfortunate incident isn't it! Oh dear.

Yes, it is very sad. Important to keep one's cool as much as possible. And it is a reminder to myself too! Wonder why such a matter could have been settled out of court.

[SuperJonJon]

I wonder how much damages she would be asking for. Do Singapore courts give lots of money for "emotional and mental distress"?

[acey]

I wonder how much damages she would be asking for. Do Singapore courts give lots of money for "emotional and mental distress"?

It depends on your status in society. If you are a nobody, then whatever suffering is less, compared to if you are a famous person.

Quite common for politicians in Singapore to suffer a lot of emotional and mental distresss when they are defamed. The damages can be easily S$500K or more.

[Savage25]

I wonder how much damages she would be asking for. Do Singapore courts give lots of money for "emotional and mental distress"?

Huh...most cases are settled out of court in Singapore.

[kpc]

Quite common for politicians in Singapore to suffer a lot of emotional and mental distresss when they are defamed. The damages can be easily S$500K or more.

A good way to bankrupt and hence silence your opponents!

[Greatfox]

and also disqualify them from being able to stand for election

[LionCity]

I read from an annual report that the CEO was a former director of SIA Engineering until middle of 2006. Apparently a very bright individual and a former Fulbright Scholar. Not easy for him to see his name in the newspaper relating to the incident.

So far the comments from SQ as follows: When contacted, an SIA spokesperson said that this was a personal matter and the airline did not wish to comment.

I did not think an SQ employee being slapped during duty is considered a private matter. But again, I will qualify that I do not know what happened behind the scene and whether SQ is providing the necessary support to the staff concerned or having the complete picture of the matter.

[SQ LPP]

So far the comments from SQ as follows: When contacted, an SIA spokesperson said that this was a personal matter and the airline did not wish to comment.

I did not think an SQ employee being slapped during duty is considered a private matter. But again, I will qualify that I do not know what happened behind the scene and whether SQ is providing the necessary support to the staff concerned or having the complete picture of the matter.

Thank you LionCity for bringing balance to an otherwise, biased view as posted earlier by the OP.

The Airline doesn't want to comment on personal matters does not mean they do not lend support to its employees for harassments or abuses.

In fact, the airline takes a very serious view of any pax who harass or physically abuse any of it's employees. However, sometimes it's up to the staff, in rare cases, to want to proceed with legal preceedings or not.

[Megatop]

Businessman's wife slapped me on flight, says stewardess

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[LionCity]

The Airline doesn't want to comment on personal matters does not mean they do not lend support to its employees for harassments or abuses.

In fact, the airline takes a very serious view of any pax who harass or physically abuse any of it's employees. However, sometimes it's up to the staff, in rare cases, to want to proceed with legal preceedings or not.

There is an interesting letter in the ST's Forum page that a writer wrote in to mention that SQ should support the staff in such incident and the link as follows:

http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BFor...ry_206991.html

Will be interesting to see what is SQ's response.

[luftie]

Is that true that Madam Tan Siew Hoon was a SQ girl?

[A350]

if she is, then the chances of the SQ girl winning will be very high as the judge will say that she should know that is right and wrong. BTW she should be thankful as this may become a criminal case