To certain extent, I think the flight crew has to bear some responsibilities for aborting the flight without a valid reason. The pilots should have taken charge.
If this happened in Singapore, the judge would probably pass the sentence to jail the pilots for 1-2 weeks. Cos "Pilots do not need to obey manifestly illegal or unlawful orders".
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/national-servicemen-do-not-need-obey-manifestly-illegal-or-unlawfu
.....you would know why the pilots didn't dare to disobey her.
I don't know how you can equate military law to civilian and aviation laws. Unless there is a statute or law passed that proclaims so, then pilots can be jailed.
As it stands, if you had bothered to read more about the case and Korea's issues with the chaebols and the power of those families and their propensity to punish their subordinates indiscriminately (which is a gross abuse of power) and the Korean government's weakness in controlling them, you would know why the pilots didn't dare to disobey her.
You just cannot equate those two together
Its the silly culture of Korean and Japanese where authority is not to be challenged. I worked with Koreans for a long time to know the pains of junior staff having to obey without questions. It's so real that is so unbelievable and unheard of in SG. Thus with this kind of culture, authorities and seniors tend to abuse power
Its the silly culture of Korean and Japanese where authority is not to be challenged. I worked with Koreans for a long time to know the pains of junior staff having to obey without questions. It's so real that is so unbelievable and unheard of in SG.
Thus with this kind of culture, authorities and seniors tend to abuse power
Their culture is being admired by many here.