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While Air New Zealand's position
regarding not seating men alongside children travelling unaccompanied on its
aircraft is invidious in that it's damned if it does and damned if it
doesn't, it nonetheless invites serious comment. Air NZ is substantially funded by
the taxpayer, a considerable chunk of that largesse being contributed by men,
the very people against whom it discriminates. There must be consistency in
the application of this policy. Yet I suspect that cabin crew will be
reluctant to apply it to a male passenger whom they know to be a member of
the airline's executive, should that individual be inadvertently seated
beside an unescorted child. Air NZ's use of such broad
brushstrokes to paint all men as suspect paedophiles is an egregious affront
to a segment of New Zealand society, most of whom are responsible caring
fathers.
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