 The policy came to light following an incident in 2004 when Mark Wolsay, a shipping manager, who was seated next to a young boy on a Qantas flight in New Zealand, was asked to change seats with a female passenger.A steward informed him that "it was the airline's policy that only women were allowed to sit next to unaccompanied children".Wolsay stated that he felt that the policy was "totally discriminatory", and the "New Zealand Herald" suggested to the airline that the policy implied "[Qantas] considered male passengers to be dangerous to children."