Korean Air heiress Heather Cho behaved "like a beast that found its prey" during the so-called "nut rage" incident on a flight, a chief steward has told a court.
Park Chang-jin also said Cho, who quit as vice president responsible for cabin service at the family-run airline in the face of a public backlash, treated flight crew like "feudal slaves".
Cho demanded Mr Park be removed from a flight at New York's John F Kennedy airport after a first-class flight attendant served her macadamia nuts in a packet rather than a bowl.
The plane, already taxiing towards the runway, was forced to return to the gate.
Prosecutors are seeking a three-year jail sentence for Cho over her tantrum, which made international headlines and caused outrage in South Korea.
Cho, the eldest daughter of the airline's chief Cho Yang-Ho, has pleaded not guilty to violating aviation law.
She is also accused of conspiring with other company executives to force crew members to lie about the incident in December.
Mr Park told the court in the South Korean capital Seoul that Cho "was like a beast that found its prey gritting its teeth as she became abusive, not listening to what I had to say at all".
He also said Cho made him kneel and beg for forgiveness as she jabbed him with a service manual, the court heard.
Fighting back tears, he added: "I don't think Cho showed an ounce of conscience, treating powerless people like myself like feudal slaves, forcing us to sacrifice and treating it as if it was the natural thing to do."
He appeared in court in uniform after returning to work over the weekend following a leave of absence.
Cho's father apologised in court on Friday to Mr Park and promised he would not face any sanction.
Her lawyers previously told the court that she was sorry for her actions, but that they did not merit punishment.
They also denied that she used violence.
Prosecutors claim Mr Park was forced to kneel and that Cho jabbed him with a service manual.
Cho, also known as Cho Hyun-ah, has been in custody since 30 December.
Her two siblings are executives at the airline, which is South Korea's biggest.
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