Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men keep delaying flights to/from TLV

The crew working the Delta flight out of JFK Airport tried to find seats for the men, but many passengers refused to switch. The incident took place aboard Delta flight #468 on December 20, 2014. One male passenger eventually moved to accommodate the Jewish men and get the flight going.

According to The Independent, on the eve of the Jewish festival of Rosh Hashana in October, another JFK-TLV fliight was delayed by an hour after a group of Haredim Jewish men refused to sit next to women.

This seems to be a big problem on El Al flights because there is a petition on Change.org asking the airline to stop discriminating against women on their flights. El Al is the national carrier for the State of Israel.

Delta has decided to not comment on the situation.

My opinion: These gentlemen should know better, they should know that flying is not limited to one gender, religion, or country of origin. If you only want to sit by male passengers then either a) book an entire row or b) pay a few extra bucks and reserve a better seat with your fellow male colleagues. Don’t expect that the rest of the passengers have to accommodate you, they paid just as much as you did (relatively). Delta should have ejected the men for disrupting a flight.

Source: Huffington Post