Economy class seating in the new WestJet 787 Dreamliner airplane is shown in Calgary on February 14, 2019. On board is a restraining kit that includes handcuffs, an upper-body seat belt and even a “spitting mask,” she said. “Like with a lot of sexual harassment, it’s usually a thing around opportunity.” MacDougall said Canadian reserve and politeness can wind up enabling harassment. “What we’re asking people to do now is to break some of the taboos that we’ve had around speaking out.” MacDougall applauded vigilant flight attendants, but said harassment policies aren’t always put into practice. “It’s only been in recent years — because of social media, frankly — where we’ve able to amplify our experiences of sexual harassment.”

Source: thestar March 28, 2019 17:52 UTC