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Domestic Airlines discrimante against Men
By Martin English | November 30, 2005
From the New Zealand Herald:
Auckland man Mark Worsley says an air steward approached him after take-off on the Christchurch to Auckland flight and told him to change seats with a women sitting two rows in front. The steward said it was the airline’s policy that only women were allowed to sit next to unaccompanied children.
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A Qantas spokesman confirmed the Australian airline, which operates domestic flights in New Zealand, does not allow unaccompanied children to sit next to men. The spokesman said the airline believed it was what customers wanted.
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When the Herald asked her if the airline considered male passengers to be dangerous to children, Ms Paul replied: “That’s not what I said.”
When it was put to her that that was the implication of the policy, she repeated: “No, that’s not what I said.”
Stratford Primary School principal Kelvin Squire said the chronic shortage of male teachers could be blamed on a society that automatically questioned the motives of men who wanted to teach children.
“Our children deserve, require, and in fact demand a better gender balance in their lives,” he told National Radio today.
“The sad reality is that decisions such as that just made by Air New Zealand and Qantas is driving men further away.”
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