Park Chang-jin (55), the former Korean Air Lines purser who exposed the past "nut rage" incident, was reported on the 10th to have taken office as head of the planning division (standing director) at KAC Airport Service, a subsidiary of Korea Airports Corporation (KAC).
According to the industry that day, the former purser Park took office as head of the planning division at KAC Airport Service on the 7th. KAC Airport Service is a subsidiary of Korea Airports Corporation (KAC) established in 2017. In his inaugural address, he was quoted as saying, "Based on the solidarity and comfort I received in the field in the past, I will be a planning division head who stays by the field and employees."
The nut rage incident refers to the 2014 case in which then–Korean Air Lines Vice President Cho Hyun-ah raised an issue with the nut service on board as the aircraft was preparing for takeoff, turned the plane around, and had some crew members deplaned. Afterward, Deputy Minister Park left Korean Air Lines and served as a vice chair of the Justice Party, then from 2024 worked as a deputy spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Korea.