El
Al Shuts Movie Mid-flight So as 'Not to Annoy' ultra-Orthodox Passengers
Irate
secular passengers told that it is El Al policy not to screen films when there
is an ultra-Orthodox majority on board a flight.
El
Al has promised to look into an incident on a recent flight in which the
in-flight movie was stopped after about 20 minutes and the screens folded back
in deference to the feelings of the ultra-Orthodox passengers on board. The
incident occurred on an El AL flight from Moscow
to Tel Aviv, according to an article on the Ynet website.
The
movie that was showing at the time was the Hollywood
romantic comedy-drama "Aloha." Asked why the movie had been halted,
one of the stewardesses replied that, "there's a majority of haredim on
board and in such cases the company's policy is not to annoy them."
The
flight's service manager, Oshrat Rosenberg, explained to irate passengers that
it is El Al policy not to screen films when there is an ultra-Orthodox majority
on board a flight.
She
acknowledged that the flight was a regular flight – El Al also has special
flights for ultra-Orthodox passengers to selected destinations – and that a
movie would normally be screened during the flight.
However,
she added, the captain had decided to stop the movie and fold back the screens
due to the preponderance of ultra-Orthodox passengers.
"We
regret the incident, which doesn't reflect the company’s policy in any way, and
are looking into what happened in order to prevent such incidents in the
future," El Al said in response to a query by Ynet.
"The
job of the cabin crew is to provide service to every passenger, irrespective of
who or what they are," the company added.
"Aloha"
tells the story of a celebrated military contractor who returns to the site of
his greatest career triumphs in Hawaii and reconnects with a long-ago love,
while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watch-dog assigned
to him.
Released
in May 2015, the film stars Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill
Murray, John Krasinski, Danny McBride and Alec Baldwin.
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