 As with the British Airways case, critics such as school headmaster Kelvin Squire made the link between such policies and wider problems in society, such as the shortage of male teachers,
with others drawing parallels to the case of Rosa Parks.Some have defended the policy, with the New South Wales Commissioner for Children and Young People, Gillian Calvert, stating that there were more male sex offenders than female, and thus "in the absence of any other test, it's one way in which the airline can reduce the risk of children travelling alone".She believes that the likelihood of an attack was rare, but not impossible, claiming "it's only a few men who do this sort of stuff, but when they do it they diminish all men".