BACK IN THE DAY, when we slowly acknowledged there might be a problem with “second hand smoke,” carriers and lodgings started putting up “No Smoking in this Area” and “Smoking Allowed” signs.
Then a smoker, I didn’t object to taking my habit outside for a few minutes (albeit my non-smoking coworkers often objected to a “break” they didn’t get).
The common carriers that cater to the extreme “Orthodox” Jews need to have a “Men Only section so the untouchables won’t have to sit next to a woman .. or even a seat on which a woman sat.
Trans-oceanic flights typically are in jumbo – maybe “monster” is more accurate – jets. Lots of seats crammed closely together. Forget leg room and forget hip room. The only important thing is passenger mile revenue. (What are the options? Ocean liners? They are history.)
Boeing’s 747-8 seats 450 passengers in maximum discomfort configuration.
By contrast, the Airbus A380 only accommodates, in equal discomfort, 437 passengers.
Potential passengers are allowed to select seats – now usually as an extra cost service – when booking.
Perhaps the carriers that do a lot of business with the extremist Jews could carve out a space reserved for these nudniks. Charge them an extra 10% for the pleasure of sitting in a section where no woman will dare invade. Perhaps enclose the area with a curtain – a makhetzah – so they don’t even have to LOOK at females.
Most trans-oceanic flights on which I’ve had the misfortune to be a passenger had a male flight attendant (nee’ steward); this person could serve drinks and meals to passengers in this section. Many probably will BYOM – Bring Your Own Meals – since the heksure (certificate of kashrut) on airline meals isn’t by their rabbi.
Any extremist who fails to select a seat in the Men Only section will sit where the carrier puts them. If they object to the person sitting next to them and refuse the seat, remove them from the aircraft without delay – in other words, push back from the terminal on schedule.
The airlines that want this type passenger should advertise in media that caters to this type person. In most “ultra” communities there are “approved” (read “censored”) newspapers for this sect or that. Make it abundantly clear in English and Yiddish – G-d forbid the announcement should be made in Hebrew, the “holy tongue” reserved for men’s prayers – that
- (a) there is a special section for men who refuse to sit next to a woman,
(b) seats in this area must be specified when ordering tickets and
(c) there is a surcharge (or maybe “sir”charge) for special seating.
THE PROBLEM COMES with regional flights; flights between Israel and Europe.
These flights usually are made in smaller, equally uncomfortable, aircraft.
The “main contenders” in the regional market are
- (a) Airbus A 320
(b) Boeing 737 series, and
(c) Embraer 190.
The A 320 accommodates 168 passengers in the configuration shown below.
The Embraer 190 is the smallest of the three regionals and seats “only” 190 passengers. (There are smaller regional aircraft.) The Embraer layout is shown below.
Boeing’s 737, probably the most popular short-haul aircraft since the Douglas Commercial (DC) 3 (Goony Bird/C-47).
The latest 737-900ER in standard configuration accommodates 180 passengers. The image below illustrates the 737’s growth over the years to compete with Airbus.
The “big” regional aircraft still can be configured to segregate the Super Jew from the those pesky females who insist on traveling when the extremists want to fly.
Again, airlines need to offer special seating for the extremists, and again, the carrier should charge a premium for the privilege of isolation. On flights with only female flight attendants, the “see no woman, touch no woman, hear no woman” need to BYOM (ibid.) or snacks.
I find it amusing that these Super Jews apparently have no self-control. Even as a young man lo those many years ago I managed to sit next to a pretty woman and still control my baser thoughts.
But then I did my time in Uncle Sam’s military – unlike the draft dodger black hats here and in Israel – so even that sets me apart from the extremists. I even had a JOB and still had time to study.
I have no objection to an extremist Jew refusing to sit next to a woman or a non-religious Jew or even a non-Jew. Not a problem.
But if that person insists that the carrier accommodate him or else he should be politely – or not – ejected from the conveyance.
If my flight or bus or any other carrier is supposed to start its trip at a specific time, I expect it to begin on time (barring weather or mechanical complications).
Call me a bigot, but if I paid my fare I expect to leave my point of origin on time and arrive at my destination at least “about” the scheduled time.
I have no patience for people who behave like my three-year old grandsons when they don’t get their way.
You won’t sit next to a woman and you didn’t select a seat with your havereut (like-minded friends), then tough luck. Sit where you can or get off the conveyance.
The carriers
- (a) Should offer separate seating for ANYONE who wants it,
(b) Charge for the service (now a common practice), and
(c) ADVERTISE THE SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD USE IT.
I don’t believe there is anything illegal in offering special seating – airlines have been doing this for years – nor is a surcharge for seat selection illegal, another thing airlines have been doing for years.
Seat selection is NOT limited to Super Jews; affinity groups might wish to sit close to one another. Different section (separate from the Super Jews) but with a surcharge for seat selection.
Seems fair to me.
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