Virgin Australia
In 2012, it became public knowledge that Virgin Australia also had implemented this policy. Johnny McGirr (a 33-year old firefighter from Sydney) was told to move seats by a Virgin flight attendant. When asked why, the flight attendant cited policy and told Mr McGirr "you can't sit next to two unaccompanied minors." The attendant then asked a female passenger, "Can you please sit in this seat because he is not allowed to sit next to minors." A public backlash in Twitter has prompted Virgin Australia to announce it will review its policy barring men from sitting beside unaccompanied children on flights. One person wrote on Virgin Australia's Facebook page: ‘‘As a male school teacher, it saddens me that men are turned away from being a positive role model for children, because people have the attitude ‘male = potential molester’.’’
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