Internet Outraged After Woman Posts Photos From Cockpit

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Ada Ng posted photos from the cockpit on her Weibo microblog. (Photo: Ada Ng)

In what sounds like a horrible (and genius) pick-up line, a Cathy Pacific airline pilot is catching heat after inviting an attractive passenger to sit in the cockpit as he flew the plane.

We’re not joking.

The passenger, Ada Ng, was traveling from Taipei to Hong Kong on Feb.26 when she received the enticing invitation. According to reports, Ng was assigned to sit in the business class jump seat (a seat usually reserved for off-duty crew or their family), but when she boarded, there was no where to sit. “My flight was full. Even seats reserved for employees were all taken,” she wrote on her Weibo microblog. “Fortunately the pilot was so nice and even let me sit on the seat behind him!

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Ng posted photos from the cockpit on social media. (Photo: Ada Ng)

So there she sat for the nearly two-hour flight. And this good deed would have gone unnoticed, but Ng also posted video and six photos of her in the cockpit on Weibo.

Naturally, her followers shot back, questioning the safety of the airline and why she was allowed to sit in the cockpit. Commenters on the website Chinanews.com suggested the pilot could have been distracted by having a beautiful woman in the cockpit. "Get away from the pretty girl and get away from danger," one posted.

Flight decks of planes have become even more off-limits since heightened security measures were introduced after September 11. Sina news commenters focused on the lack of safety. "Even if it is a staff member, this is not OK. Staff members also have to go through security checks to restricted areas," one wrote."

After the backlash, Ng removed the photos. But not before they were circulated on the internet.

"Cathay Pacific permits approved persons under the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department guidelines to apply for the use of the Jump Seat," said a representative for the airline. "Eligible applicants include Cathay Pacific employees and their immediate family members."

According to the South China Morning Post, the Civil Aviation Department has requested that the airline provide an explanation for the incident. 

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