Sliding into DMs | Airline worker accessed company data to send passenger 'creepy messages'

An airline worker has been disciplined following accessing company data to send ‘creepy messages’ to a customer.

The employee, who worked for Etihad Airlines, reportedly messaged a 23-year-old female customer while she was waiting to board a flight from Abu Dhabi to Manchester.

The Etihad customer, Hannah Smethurst, tweeted a screenshot of her conversation with the ‘creepy’ airline worker who messaged her “Heyyy, I have seen u from abudhabi,” from a number she did not recognise.

In response, Smethurst asked the worker where he got her number, to which he replied “I searched u in the system” meaning the airline’s customer database. The worker then went on to say “If am disturbing u … Just block me,” before alerting Smethurst that her flight is boarding.