A FEW HAREDI MEN on a Delta flight from JFK to TLV drilled another hole in our Jewish "boat" by their obstinacy.
And it all could have, should have, been avoided.
I've been flying in commercial aircraft for many years. I think my first flight was in a tail dragger in 1952 between MIA and IND.
(A "tail dragger" for the innocent youth, is an aircraft that had a wheel under the tail, rather than under the nose. The Delta DC-3, below, is a tail dragger.)
When I book a flight, if I want to sit next to a friend, my friend and I select adjacent seats. Before the airlines got so greedy, seat selection was included in the price of the ticket - as were meals and entertainment and accommodation of not one but TWO pieces of luggage AND carry-on. (Those were the days when seats were wider and legroom ample, the days of Lockheed Constellations. Great airplanes.)
This is not the first time the super-Os have high jacked a flight.
According to the Times of Israel under the headline Flight delayed as haredi men refuse to sit next to woman, Super Jews previously high jacked an El Al flight.
This time the disgraceful behavior caused a delay of only 30 minutes. The El Al flight - the Times did not provide origin and destination information - was held up for ELEVEN hours.
The Times article did not specify if the passengers were kept on the aircraft or if they were allowed to go back into the terminal.
Solve the problem - kick troublemakers off the plane
Passengers who are disruptive regularly are removed from flights, at least in the U.S. In some case, passengers who are not particularly disruptive are removed from flights (and later compensated by the airline for air crew stupidity).*
December 25, 2014: Man Kicked Off Flight After Going into Anti-Christmas Rage reports a man was taken off an American Airlines flight for belligerence. The same article reported that a man was removed from a Delta flight during an unscheduled stop.
Passengers on the Delta flight to Israel showed their displeasure with the Super Jews by refusing to accommodate their demand. Finally, according to the Times of Israel, an "American" - a non-Jew perhaps? - agreed to relocate and the flight departed.
FORTUNATELY most of the media coverage was by "Jewish" media and blogs.
Airlines are not obliged to provide preferential seating to passengers who did not make a seat selection when they booked the flight.
Most airlines will try to accommodate passenger requests for seating and special meals (on flights that still offer meals). In the latter case, when the airline is informed the passenger refused airline food, it should be a red flag that this passenger needs to be seated next to like-minded passengers. Computers easily can make the connection. (Many Super Jews don't accept the kashrut on airline food.)
The airlines, which now charge passengers for everything but the recirculated air they breath while they are trapped in the tube, are missing a revenue chance: sell "men only" and "women only" seat groups or even rows.
If Super Jews insist on segregated seating, let them pay for the privilege.
IN THE MEAN TIME, remove any Super Jew - or any one else for that matter - who is disruptive.
* Contrary to U.S. law, US Airways - not the nation's national carrier a la El Al and Israel or Korea Air and South Korea, but an American flagged carrier, twice in a period of three months in 2013, forced passengers with service dogs off flights. In the second case, passengers forced cancellation of the flight. In the first instance, a 100% disabled Vietnam vet was ejected.
