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Indian airline tests feature that lets women book seats away from men (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] Deebster 10 points 4 months ago (4 children)

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.

What's to stop a man from claiming to be female to see the map of where women are sitting, and then booking an adjacent seat themselves?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

They probably need to sign in to book, and required their data to be accurate to board.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

On Indian flights you can pay to choose your seat or let the operator choose for you for free. I suspect the latter is where the preference choice comes in. So there won't be a question of seeing where women are sitting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You pick your seat after the booking process, where you have to enter your details which does include sex. Even if you enter it wrong just to pick a seat you won't be able to enter the airport because they check that at the gate. Whether you are the same person whose ticket you are carrying.

[–] Deebster 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking first would be the fake booking to find where the women were sitting, then switch browsers/clear cookies/whatever and book with the real details.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes but men wouldn't be able to book those seats unless all the other seats are taken.

At least that is what happens on the bus seats here.

[–] Deebster 2 points 4 months ago

Oh I see - yes, if the seats around the women are automatically reserved then that exploit doesn't work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I'd assume Indian airlines has an ID check,l and men aren't going to get a surgery and go through the process of changing their legal gender just to creep on women. This is also the same argument used against trans people in the bathroom debate, and while you probably didn't mean to, you are parroting the ideas of transphobes.