Woman sues EasyJet for ‘humiliation’ of being asked to change seats

EasyJet has said it was not appropriate to comment while proceedings were taking place, but has made clear that it “does not discriminate on any grounds”.

Ms Wolfson, understood to be a professional fundraiser, told Ha’aretz that she wanted easyJet to train its staff so that they are not allowed to ask women to change seats because of their gender.

Ha’aretz reported that on two separate occasions — in October last year and then two months later — Ms Wolfson was asked by flight attendants to move seats so that strictly Orthodox men did not have to sit next to her. Both times she was “offered a free hot drink” in compensation.

She complained after both incidents — in which she agreed to move rather than hold up the flights — but when she did not receive a response, decided to go ahead with legal action.

She told Ha’aretz that she had felt “insulted and humiliated” by the requests to move. She said: “It was the first time in my adult life that I was discriminated against for being a woman”.