- China Southern fired flight attendant Guo for lingerie selfies posted on WeChat during a delayed pre-boarding period; she challenged the termination as disproportionate and the case moved through arbitration and courts. - The labor arbitration on 2020-07-22 ruled the dismissal unlawful and ordered RMB 212,735.63 (US$30,909) in wages; higher courts later scrutinized rule timing (some rules not in effect in 2019) and the rest/duty context. - The Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court found that posting during duty could harm the airline’s image and safety, upholding termination as lawful; the Guangdong High Court accepted an appeal, and the case remained ongoing as of 2026.

Flight Attendant Fired Over Onboard Lingerie Selfies — Then She Took The Airline To Court by Gary Leff on April 10, 2026 China Southern fired a veteran flight attendant after she posted lingerie selfies from a delayed flight before passengers boarded, turning a brief WeChat post into a years-long court fight over image, discipline, and how far airlines can go in policing crew behavior. What began as a seemingly easy termination became much messier once judges started asking whether the airline’s rules were clear, proportionate, and even in force at the time. The crewmember Guo was a China Southern chief flight attendant assigned to flight CZ3547 from Guangzhou to Shanghai on October 12, 2019. While the flight was delayed for air traffic control and before passengers boarded, she posted a WeChat Moments update with two lingerie photos and text along the lines of “the flight is delayed, so I came to the lavatory to try a new ‘naked-feel’ product … it feels like wearing nothing … I wear 75B.” She deleted it about ten minutes later, but it was screenshotted and reported. The 6:55 p.m. departure eventually left at 8:06 p.m. The flight attendant had been with China Southern since 2005. The airline said she used work time for private business, violated its online rules, and posted “indecent” images contrary to public morals and the company’s brand. On October 18, 2019 they termin...