Indian airline tests feature that lets women book seats away from men
Indian airline tests feature that lets women book seats away from men
Women can choose not to sit next to men on any IndiGo flight. The feature could attract more female customers to the airline.
India's largest budget carrier, IndiGo, is the first airline to trial a feature that lets female passengers book seats next to other women to avoid sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with a man in a move designed to make flying more comfortable for female passengers, according to a CNBC report.
The airline's booking process is fairly standard except for the seat map which highlights seats occupied by women with the color pink. This information is not visible to male passengers, according to the airline, CNBC reported. IndiGo did not immediately respond to CBS MoneyWatch's request for comment on the new feature.
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Honestly I think in most cases segregation is just not the answer.
The more far away we become based on fairly arbitrary characteristics, the less there is opportunity for a meaningful dialogue that would change the status quo around the issue.
On a practical side, I wish there were proper passenger safety measures and procedures against harassment. A man is trying to do that to you? Record it and report to the crew immediately, and let them deal with the perpetrator and call police on the ground when applicable.
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I think that it's not always just about harassment, but sometimes just wanting to be left alone?
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Buy entire row! Wtf
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What you're describing is a big hassle, and at the end of the day a confrontation and poor customer experience still happened making that customer think twice before flying again.
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This
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