http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30444228

Some of you may be aware of the Korean air "Nut rage" scandal that occurred last week.

Vice-president of the firm Heather Cho, basically tried to stop a Korean air aircraft that she was traveling on from New York to South Korea over the fact that the server on board gave her some nuts in a bag instead of on a plate.

Now what does one do in a situation like this: A normal logical vice-president would let it slide (obviously), who really cares about whether you have a plate for your nuts. A pedantic VP who was investigating flight standards may politely remind the stewardess that standards require the nuts are served on a plate.

What Heather Cho did: She demanded the chief flight attendant to remove himself from the aircraft and in the process delayed the flight for some 200 passengers on board.

Three things really annoy me about this issue.

*She felt as though she had the power to delay a scheduled flight on the basis of something incredibly trivial.

*She was traveling on board the plane as a passenger and was not on board as an executive in charge of flight standards at the time.

*Her father is president of the company.

The third point raises the issue that potentially her business acumen is lacking and that she has gained the position solely through her status as being the president's daughter.

I however am pleased to note that the South Korean reaction has been one of anger and resentment, not just in terms of the fact that this woman had the audacity to attempt to do what she's done but also because of the nepotistic way in which this corporation was being run.

She has subsequently been released from all her posts which is pleasing to hear. Her father though claimed the issue was his fault saying "I should have raised her better". Ridiculous the way he feels the need to apologise for the actions of a fully grown woman.

Edit: I acknowledge that this is a very simple case of somebody feeling as though they are entitled and that the backlash or the ramifications would be the same if Heather or Cho was either male or female. One area I should have stressed a lot more was in how her father felt obligated to apologise on her behalf. You should never ever feel the need to apologise for a woman's actions. As a matter of fact you should never feel the need to apologise for the actions of any autonomous adult human being.