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[george]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10357510

Something you don't see in the travel magazines :-(

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

george wrote:
> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10357510
>
> Something you don't see in the travel magazines :-(


I've got to say that I'd be delighted to move if it meant I didn't have to sit
next to an unaccompanied child. Why would you expose yourself unnecessarily to
bad behavior and/or accusations of some sort of misbehavior on your own part?
Avoid it all... sit somewhere else.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

[Larry Dighera]

On 29 Nov 2005 14:48:38 -0800, "george" > wrote in
. com>::

>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10357510

"Airlines are temporary guardians of unaccompanied minors so we
have preferred seating for them."

Ms Paul said Air New Zealand tried to seat children near a crew
area so crew could keep an eye on them and, when possible,
children were seated next to an empty seat.

"Sometimes this isn't possible, so the preference is to seat a
female passenger next door to an unaccompanied minor."

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."


Perhaps the Air New Zealand policy concerning male passengers was an
attempt to shield ANZ from accusations of discrimination against
Catholic priests. :-)

[george]

Larry Dighera wrote:
> On 29 Nov 2005 14:48:38 -0800, "george" > wrote in
> . com>::
>
> >http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10357510
>
> "Airlines are temporary guardians of unaccompanied minors so we
> have preferred seating for them."
>
> Ms Paul said Air New Zealand tried to seat children near a crew
> area so crew could keep an eye on them and, when possible,
> children were seated next to an empty seat.
>
> "Sometimes this isn't possible, so the preference is to seat a
> female passenger next door to an unaccompanied minor."
>
> 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."
>
>
> Perhaps the Air New Zealand policy concerning male passengers was an
> attempt to shield ANZ from accusations of discrimination against
> Catholic priests. :-)
Yeah I thought of that.
It was the airlines problem as they booked the pax into that seat and
put the kid next to them...
Some-one suggested packing crates in the unpressurised cargo to solve
the problem

[John T]

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
>
> I've got to say that I'd be delighted to move if it meant I didn't
> have to sit next to an unaccompanied child. Why would you expose
> yourself unnecessarily to bad behavior and/or accusations of some
> sort of misbehavior on your own part? Avoid it all... sit somewhere
> else.

Your argument is sensible, but I'd still prefer the flight attendant observe
misbehavior before asking the man to move. Misbehavior is most definitely
not limited to men:
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBL1FT6DGE.html

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[Larry Dighera]

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:20:40 -0500, "John T" > wrote in
>::

>Misbehavior is most definitely not limited to men:
>http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBL1FT6DGE.html

On Dec. 5 the teen's former teacher, 25-year-old Debra Lafave, was
to present her case to a jury, using an insanity defense to fight
two charges that she sexually battered him.

One can only assume ANZ's management wouldn't consider Debra Lafave's
actions a crime. After all, the article alleges that all she did was:
Prosecutors said Lafave had oral sex with the 14-year-old in her
Riverview town house, then had intercourse with him in the
portable classroom where she taught English at Greco Middle
School.

During a trip to Ocala, they engaged in sex in the back of a sport
utility vehicle, investigative records say.

[G Farris]

In article . com>,
says...


If the guy had been a better negotiator, he could have gotten a business
class seat out of it. If you have to move - move in the right direction!

GF

[george]

G Farris wrote:
> In article . com>,
> says...
>
>
> If the guy had been a better negotiator, he could have gotten a business
> class seat out of it. If you have to move - move in the right direction!

The inuendo is that all males flying on Air New Zealand and Qantas are
kiddie fiddlers.
They should have dragged a female out of the $10,000 seat to sit with
the kid in cattle class?
I agree...

[Ron Natalie]

george wrote:
> G Farris wrote:
>> In article . com>,
>> says...
>>
>>
>> If the guy had been a better negotiator, he could have gotten a business
>> class seat out of it. If you have to move - move in the right direction!
>
> The inuendo is that all males flying on Air New Zealand and Qantas are
> kiddie fiddlers.
> They should have dragged a female out of the $10,000 seat to sit with
> the kid in cattle class?
> I agree...
>
That's because the flight attendent doesn't pass out sheep to the male
passengers.

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

Morgans wrote:
>> That's because the flight attendent doesn't pass out sheep to the male
>> passengers.
>
> Ohhhh, that's low! <g>
>
> You did just forget the smiley, right?


He wasn't kidding.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

[Morgans]

"Ron Natalie" > wrote

> That's because the flight attendent doesn't pass out sheep to the male
> passengers.

Ohhhh, that's low! <g>

You did just forget the smiley, right?
--
Jim in NC

[Roger]

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:20:40 -0500, "John T" > wrote:

>Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
>>
>> I've got to say that I'd be delighted to move if it meant I didn't
>> have to sit next to an unaccompanied child. Why would you expose
>> yourself unnecessarily to bad behavior and/or accusations of some
>> sort of misbehavior on your own part? Avoid it all... sit somewhere
>> else.
>
>Your argument is sensible, but I'd still prefer the flight attendant observe
>misbehavior before asking the man to move. Misbehavior is most definitely
>not limited to men:
>http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBL1FT6DGE.html

Every high school boy's dream!

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

[george]

Ron Natalie wrote:
> george wrote:
> > G Farris wrote:
> >> In article . com>,
> >> says...
> >>
> >>
> >> If the guy had been a better negotiator, he could have gotten a business
> >> class seat out of it. If you have to move - move in the right direction!
> >
> > The inuendo is that all males flying on Air New Zealand and Qantas are
> > kiddie fiddlers.
> > They should have dragged a female out of the $10,000 seat to sit with
> > the kid in cattle class?
> > I agree...
> >
> That's because the flight attendent doesn't pass out sheep to the male
> passengers.

Thats Qantas domestic