Air Transat tells Go Public it launched an "in-depth" internal investigation after the mom complained, and claimed none of the crew members "witnessed nor were made aware" of the incident.
The evidence suggests that the airline didn't speak with the girl or any other passengers — but should have, according to lawyer and law professor Janine Benedet, whose research at the University of British Columbia focuses on sexual violence against women including assaults on public transportation.
Air Transat also refused to provide its official policies and procedures when dealing with reports of in-flight assaults, citing the "sensitivity" of such cases.
"Best practice is to share that with the public and make those available so that everybody knows and everybody's on the same page," said Elizabeth Jeglic, a U.S. clinical psychologist and one of the authors of the 2021 study The Nature of In-flight Sexual Assaults.
Two weeks after the incident she emailed four higher-ups at Air Canada, including the manager of corporate security, seeking answers about how it was handled.
Following a study of in-flight sexual misconduct, the U.S. Transportation Department in 2020 made specific recommendations about tracking such incidents and training staff to deal with them.
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Every woman in my immediate family has been harassed and at least two have been assaulted/raped. It's a very serious problem. I get the wordplay the commenter was going for since it's the kind of thing I usually would do, but there's times for that kind of joking and times when not too.
First many people who aren't women are sexually assaulted. Im one of them. Fuck your sexism, no seriously fuck your sexism.
Second the humor here is based on the bad title writing not the sexual assault. If the word "groped" was replaced by "robbed" the source of humor would be the exact same thing, namely that the headline suggests the airline was involved in said crimes.
Finally the world is a hard place already. Do you need to go around policing other's humor? If so why and who gave you the right to determine what is acceptable?
You don't need to reply because Im blocking you as you clearly aren't someone with anything to offer.