If they cannot respect women equally, they should be banned from flying to/from the US. Same with any other airline that tries this BS.
“Now, one of the largest tech firms in Israel, NICE Systems, is boycotting El Al after the discriminatory move. NICE Systems CEO Barak Eilam wrote on LinkedIn that his 4,900 employees would not fly with the carrier until it fixed its “practice and actions discriminating [against] women.””
Good, and now we can expect more companies to follow.
I wonder if the same thing could happen on a Arab carrier such as EgyptAir or Saudia?
Their religious beliefs are there own business. But they don’t have a right to impose them on others. If they are unable to sit next to women then they probably should consider chartering a private flight or not traveling. Their behavior was disruptive and they should have been ejected from the plane.
“El Al faces boycott after moving women from ultra-Orthodox Jewish men”
There goes El Al’s corporates business.
“At NICE we don’t do business with companies that discriminate against race, gender or religion,” Eilam’s post continued.
Verizon used NICE systems for data warehousing. In January of 2017, NICE hacked, exposing the personal information of 14 million Verizon customers. In June of 2017, a third party informed NICE an Verizon of the exposed data.
14 million customer names, cell numbers, and customer service PINs. You know, the information you’d need to move your number to a new cell phone.
In an age of multifactor SMS logon verification, this is very useful data. How many banks, creditors, or other entities send you SMS codes to access your online accounts?
As an Orthodox Jew, I understand the issue that these men have as a religious matter. However, they are adopting a personal standard that exceeds the actual religious requirements. There is no religious restriction on sitting next to a woman per se. What bothers me most is that, in the pursuit of some higher religious purpose, they end up committing one of the worse transgressions possible, which is to bring shame to the reputation of Jews. On another note, I’m really mystified that people can’t work out a couple of seat changes as a matter of courtesy. Almost everyone at some time or another asked another passenger if they’d mind switching seats for any number of reasons: so you could sit with a friend or relative, because you get air sick in certain seat positions, etc.
What would happen if this were about muzzies? eh? on a muzzie airline the women would be on one side, and the bearded savages on the other.
Since I’m not Jewish, and just plain horney, no comment.
5.56mm
And they write this like it’s a bad thing.
The airlines force men to move around just for being men, all the time.
Fuch that, women, be a man. Be equals.
i try very very hard to respect these religious men
and i do respect them a lot
a great deal, actually
but.. this is beyond reasonableness, imho ..
(and for all its religious basis, it still shames the Jewish people... something these men should seriously consider)
if they sign up for a seat on a public conveyance, they have to expect there’s a 50/50 chance they’ll be sitting next to a female... hey guys, get used to it!
respectfully submitted
Why not a $100 surcharge to specify the sex of the person next to you (only for religious reasons, sorry Laz!)? If it’s already a woman, she gets the $100 for moving (or someone sitting next to a man gets it for taking your seat). If it’s a man, the airline gets the extra profit.
ML/NJ
I thought all airlines call security to evict any passenger who refuses to take their assigned seats for any reason. If they did this consistently the issue would not persist long