Airlines' male policy is Virgin on the ridiculous

Article here. Excerpt:

'It's a hell of a thing putting an unaccompanied kid onto an airline flight. I've done it. For the kid it's hugely exciting (if they're the adventurous sort). For the parent it's a Kafkaesque nightmare of form-filling and fiery hoop-jumping.
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Right now, every time an airline like Qantas or Virgin moves a male passenger away from an unaccompanied child for no reason other than his being a male, they break the law. Or rather, they breach the Anti-Discrimination Act, for which penalties do apply. If he was drunk, abusive, or maybe if the unaccompanied children's parents or guardians had requested a specific seating arrangement for the flight, then the airlines would be in the clear. (A lawyer will doubtless set me straight on that last one). But to maintain a policy of moving passengers simply on the basis of gender is not legal.

The two men who have been in the news, after being humiliated in this fashion, could sue and win very, very easily. Especially as one was a fireman who runs into burning buildings to save children, and the other was a nurse who stays up all night looking after them.'