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Originally Posted by Radi K
the airline is not discriminating on gender.
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They actually are, as Rod says. This particular policy seems specifically to deal with where a male passenger can and cannot be seated; there is no similarity between this and your example of disabled passengers not being able to be seated in exit rows as that is a clear and obvious safety issue which I'm sure no disabled person would argue against.
In this particular instance I'd suggest the issue is less about the policy itself and more about the handling of the situation by each of the now 2 airlines involved... it seems like their computer systems should be able (even with online and kiosk check-in) to avoid these kinds of events in many cases (obviously if someone's title is Dr or Prof etc it would be difficult) and that the cabin crew could be a lot more discreet at the times when the system gets it wrong?