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Old November 29th 05, 11:48 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectid=10357510

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

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Old November 30th 05, 05:59 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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george wrote:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectid=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.



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Old November 30th 05, 02:30 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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On 29 Nov 2005 14:48:38 -0800, "george" wrote in
.com::

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectid=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. :-)
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Old November 30th 05, 09:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Larry Dighera wrote:
On 29 Nov 2005 14:48:38 -0800, "george" wrote in
.com::

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectid=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

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Old November 30th 05, 10:20 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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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Old December 1st 05, 10:27 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:20:40 -0500, "John T" wrote in
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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.

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Old December 1st 05, 06:09 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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

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Old December 1st 05, 10:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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.



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