Airline makes woman, 81, move seat when religious man refuses to sit next to a female

britexpat
By britexpat

 

A woman plans to sue an airline after staff asked her to move because a religious man refused to sit next to her.

Renee Rabinowitz was asked to change seats on an E1 A1 flight from Newark to Tel Aviv when an ulta-orthadox Hasidic man objected to his seat, assigned next to her.

She said: ‘Despite all my accomplishments – I felt minimised.’

‘I think to myself, here I am, an older woman, educated, I’ve been around the world, and some guy can decide that I shouldn’t sit next to him. Why?’ she told New York Times.

Many ultra-Orthadox males see even the most inadvertent contact with a female who isn’t their wife as verboten under strict interpretation of the Torah.

Despite thinking the request was sexist Ms Rabinowitz, who walks with a stick due to bad knees, reluctantly agreed to move.

Defending their actions without commenting on Ms Rabinowitz’s treatment, E1 A1 said their flight staff deal with a vast array of passengers, who have varying beliefs and needs.

‘In the cabin, the attendants receive different and varied requests and they try to assist as much as possible, the goal being to have the plane take off on time and for all the passengers to arrive at their destination as scheduled.’

Question: Is she right to sue ?  Should the airline be allowed to “ask” passengers to move  

By Humbles• 7 Mar 2016 10:55
Humbles

U can relax now MM.

By Molten Metal• 6 Mar 2016 11:27
Molten Metal

Fingers crossed ..............

By Riyal2Rupee• 6 Mar 2016 11:26
Riyal2Rupee

Prize. Don't loose hope, bad language comes from a bad company, it has nothing to do with home atmosphere or education. I m sure if those guys read ur views they would correct their silly mistakes & come to right path.

By Prize• 6 Mar 2016 10:59
Prize

He is a hopeless soul.

By Molten Metal• 6 Mar 2016 09:28
Molten Metal

Hope he controls himself from posting 4 letter words ................

By Molten Metal• 6 Mar 2016 09:27
Molten Metal

WT has felt sorry , that's very nice.

By Nanofilm• 5 Mar 2016 09:56
Nanofilm

as long as they are within QL guidelines and not against Qatari law....so where is QL...in kerala or qatar...does it mean QANTAS LIVING or QATAR LIVING

brit..ur a grown up man..think in grown up way rather than supporting this ROTTEN TURKEY

By Nanofilm• 5 Mar 2016 09:53
Nanofilm

what is ulta orthodox...was he ulta pulta...i think the woman should do it because this man was ulta pulta

By Molten Metal• 5 Mar 2016 09:13
Molten Metal

Prize, Hope all your dreams come true. .................

By Wild Turkey• 4 Mar 2016 13:41
Wild Turkey

I apologize to you, brit.

By britexpat• 4 Mar 2016 13:35
britexpat

WT: Why oh why ?

Now we will wait till tomorrow morning and get multiple responses from MM :0(

By Wild Turkey• 4 Mar 2016 13:11
Wild Turkey

So, you want to have it in words that you can understand? well. Throughout the centuries of human history religious ideas and fanaticism fueled by self-proclaimed interferes, have induced destruction of natural inter-personal relation patterns of the homo sapiens sapiens species, of which a few of us are members of and opened on to repeated wars for both: religious hegemony and unjustified power dominance. - Better?

By Prize• 4 Mar 2016 11:28
Prize

Read one PM before u go away.

By Molten Metal• 4 Mar 2016 11:27
Molten Metal

See you tomorrow , bye.

By Prize• 4 Mar 2016 11:26
Prize

Let the offence maker correct his language. Britexpat u r spoiling him by turning ur eyes away from him. MM keep ur fingers crossed but for how long.

By Molten Metal• 4 Mar 2016 11:22
Molten Metal

Okay Lets hear from WT ........ If he can be a sweet talker from now onwards ................

By britexpat• 4 Mar 2016 10:44
britexpat

Prize: I don't object to WT or yourself because this is a public forum and you are allowed to air your opinions - as long as they are within QL guidelines and not against Qatari law.

By Molten Metal• 4 Mar 2016 10:34
Molten Metal

It's not good logic that OP too likes 4 letter words & he is not objecting to WT...............

By Molten Metal• 4 Mar 2016 10:30
Molten Metal

Fingers crossed ...................... Lol.

By Prize• 4 Mar 2016 10:29
Prize

Let wild turky admit it & show u the link if he's honest enough !!!

By Molten Metal• 4 Mar 2016 10:28
Molten Metal

Where else WT has bad / foul mouthed my dear ?

By Molten Metal• 4 Mar 2016 10:27
Molten Metal

But there was one post on Foul Mouthing , anybody remembers ?

By Prize• 4 Mar 2016 10:25
Prize

This guy is known for foul mouthing on many posts. Even the OP likes dirty words that's why he isn't objecting to wild turkey.

By Prize• 4 Mar 2016 10:25
Prize

This guy is known for foul mouthing on many posts. Even the OP likes dirty words that's why he isn't objecting to wild turkey.

By Molten Metal• 4 Mar 2016 10:23
Molten Metal

I said cool down. If he speaks filth his own mouth will smell bad.

By Prize• 4 Mar 2016 10:21
Prize

Wild turky keep ur dirty mouth shut.

By Prize• 4 Mar 2016 10:21
Prize

Wild turky keep ur dirty mouth shut.

By Molten Metal• 2 Mar 2016 09:37
Molten Metal

Cool down guys ...........................

By mohamed800• 1 Mar 2016 15:17
mohamed800

I wonder, this is something to do with the pro activeness about the airline ground staff.

The respected religious person may have passing couple of checking counter's and waiting areas. I hope the airline duty offices should have had noticed & should have had some thought about this religious person.

Accordingly prearrangement should have done in advance. That's why airlines employ duty managers or officers.

In my opinion, This is something to do with professional service from airline, rather something else.

By acchabaccha• 1 Mar 2016 15:05
acchabaccha

Brit: You speak sense. Writing reflects the qualities of a person's thinking.

By britexpat• 1 Mar 2016 14:49
britexpat

I would assume that QLer was being cynical... Probably meant that no alcohol, segregation of men and women; men served by men and women served by women. Air hostesses modestly dressed....

Don't worry about it :O)

By acchabaccha• 1 Mar 2016 14:39
acchabaccha

I do not know the meaning of the Jewish word "Kosher" and as such I will not comment on it. But I am confident the word "halal" was used out of context as it had no relation to the subject matter. I just cannot imagine what a "halal" airline would look like as suggested by one QLer.

By britexpat• 1 Mar 2016 14:23
britexpat

WT: I would tend to agree with you.. Kosher and Halal tend to be interchanged in the West.. However, here people will take exception and highlight the minor difference

By Wild Turkey• 1 Mar 2016 14:18
Wild Turkey

brit, I didn't want to use a Jewish word in an Islamic country.

By Wild Turkey• 1 Mar 2016 14:16
Wild Turkey

Which means the same.

By britexpat• 1 Mar 2016 14:15
britexpat

I think he meant Kosher ...

By acchabaccha• 1 Mar 2016 13:56
acchabaccha

Some people are totally in the dark on the meaning of the word "halal."

By britexpat• 1 Mar 2016 13:47
britexpat

Perhaps he asked to be served by a male steward

By Wild Turkey• 1 Mar 2016 13:20
Wild Turkey

The poor guy must have gotten a heart attack when the stewardess served him the meal.

By Wild Turkey• 1 Mar 2016 13:18
Wild Turkey

They should really think of creating a 'halal' airline!

By britexpat• 1 Mar 2016 10:56
britexpat

For me the key issue is that the man knew prior to booking that there is the possibility of sitting next to a woman - so , either fly first class or live with it.

By Molten Metal• 1 Mar 2016 10:48
Molten Metal

WT, There is one Five Letter Word in your comment ..............

By Molten Metal• 1 Mar 2016 10:30
Molten Metal

Rizk, That's the perfect way ............

By Rizks• 1 Mar 2016 10:29
Rizks

I think the elder lady woke up thinking that she will sacrifice her flight seat and gave it and went home and slept peacefully......ZZzzzzzZZZzzzz

By Molten Metal• 1 Mar 2016 10:22
Molten Metal

Accha, How would anybody prove that the respected was less religious than the other fellow ........... In this situation Madam has upper hand ............. already , she has won respect & regard from each & everyone ......... lets now not tell her to encash it for a certain value ........ Her sacrifice for the seat is already priceless ......... .......

By Rizks• 1 Mar 2016 10:15
Rizks

Yes she is right to sue the airline.

Once I was travelling with my Bella in Kozikodakkadum Airlines and I was forced to sit with a Russian Gal on my right seat and my Bella on the left seat and myself in the middle.

I didn't know whom to give more preference.....:)

By acchabaccha• 1 Mar 2016 09:58
acchabaccha

Yes, I think she is right to sue. The problem was with the man and not the lady. Why should she have been moved just for the religious views held by a man?

By zackm• 1 Mar 2016 09:58
zackm

Sue and get some justice on the sexist injustice treatment given to her. She will win in court and airlines will come with a settlement.

By Molten Metal• 1 Mar 2016 09:44
Molten Metal

She has done good & so she should forget it ................. To forgive an airline is divine ................... .............

By vivme• 1 Mar 2016 09:31
vivme

Airlines can request passengers to move seats, not force them. However, the better option was to move the man to another seat, especially considering the ladies age and mobility challenges.

By britexpat• 1 Mar 2016 09:28
britexpat

This was in the Western press....

Anyway, do you think she is right to sue the airline ?

By acchabaccha• 1 Mar 2016 09:10
acchabaccha

Thank God, the man who behaved in this unusual manner was not a Muslim otherwise this would have once become the fodder of news channels in the west.

By Molten Metal• 1 Mar 2016 08:52
Molten Metal

We are in a life journey .......... be prepared for a minor adjustments ....... ........... The lady earned high regards ............. she gave respect to a fellow human .................

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