A resident of Canada is demanding an apology from an airline after a chareidi male refused to sit aside her on a flight. The cabin crew requested the lady move to another seat.
The woman was on a flight to Toronto when a chareidi man boarded and realized he was seated next to her. The man turned to the cabin crew asking to be moved to a different seat. The cabin crew tried to persuade here to change her seat, but she refused.
The woman explained to the Canadian media the chareidi man did not speak with her, but went to the cabin crew and other passengers, asking them to assist him in finding a solution. After a few minutes the cabin crew moved the man to another seat. Now the woman claims she was insulted as she was not viewed as a person, because she is a woman.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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11 Responses
In theory she is right. The cabin crew should have seated the man elsewhere instead of asking her to move.
Women like this will always find fault. The man spoke to the cabin crew to avoid embarrassing her directly and all she can do is demand an apology.
Crazy lady
Watch the interview with her. She expressed contempt for Orthodox Jewish lifestyle in general, not just this. She’s a typical Jew-hater.
Besides, what did he have to tallk to her for? He wanted to change sears with someone else. He didn’t need any favors from her.
I recently suggested to an airline that they establish a seat selection procedure allowing passengers to request a seat next to a member of the same gender. I said that while this was important to me for religious reasons, I would think that a lot of female travelers would appreciate the option of avoiding unwanted attention. Maybe if enough people, especially women, take the trouble to navigate the airlines’ online suggestion procedures, the airlines would listen to them and do something.
In principle she is correct. She paid for her seat too if he has problems then walk or drive going to isreal recently it happened to me and my wife I wasn’t upset but I told. Him to walk sit or get off
This first made news last week and I delved into it at that time. From all accounts this lady was a complete rhymes with _____ about this. Granted she didn’t have to move but she managed to make a stink over something that hardly passed the sniff test.
so next time he should pay for 2 seats, and the one next to him shall surely be empty.
Why is this viewed as the woman’s problem? He’s so weak that he can’t keep himself under control for a few hours on a plane? If anyone sound’s crazy here, it’s him.
she is certainly correct that she should not be viewed as a person .
Read the story. he went to the cabin crew to ask her to move, rather than ask her directly.
She had a reserved seat and did not want to give it up. This is her right.
I was once on a flight to Tel Aviv that was delayed almost 2 hours because a Charedi man refused to sit nect to a woman and there were no other seats. He became quite agitated when no one would voluntarily give up their seat for him ( he had a middle seat). Unfortunately, the flight crew did not call law enforcement to remove him. They just argued.