Originally Posted by
GM1985
As for putting personal characteristics of fellow passengers on a seat map, I doubt it’s a path BA would want to go down. On a practical level, it could change often between selecting a seat and the day of the flight. On a moral level, it doesn’t sit right. What else could be asked for - wheelchair users? Overweight people?
People who practise certain faiths to an orthodox standard often don't want to sit next to people of the opposite sex (unless they're family members) - been on plenty of TLV flights where there's been a whole load of seat-swapping, usually in fairly good humour by pax and crew, to accommodate this (but not always).