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Travellers at Nelson Airport
yesterday condemned the decision by Air New Zealand and Qantas not to allow
men to sit next to unaccompanied children. Here's what some of them had to
say : Nelson union official Neville
Donaldson, 50, said it was ``PC gone mad. There is almost an assumption that
no man is to be trusted. I find that very offensive''. He said children were
always well looked after by the stewards on planes . "Children tend to
be the focus of attention on planes and people are always watching them.'' Wellington engineer Sarah Lay, 31,
said the airlines were taking safety too far. She could understand that
airlines needed to take safety measures but she said anything would be
noticed on a small plane. ``Every one is awake on domestic but I could see
concerns with long-haul flights.'' Joyce Nelson, 66, who is
holidaying in New Zealand from England said parents should be asked if they
had any objection to their child sitting by a man or a woman instead of the
airline making the decision. ``I don't think there is really any need for it because
children are normally placed near the stewards.'' Managing director Robert
Handfield, 60, of Wellington said the move was ``bizarre''. He had only
travelled next to unaccompanied children a few times and had never had a
problem with a child being seated beside him. ``A bloke would be a bit
foolish to make any move on a plane. There is nowhere for him to run away.'' |
