Glamgirl, you are assuming things I don't read in the original article. It could be that "the Flight Attendant" didn't communicate clearly enough to Mirko...
I am single, male and flying regularly (for business.) On two flights I ended up seated next to "young women" that could use a hug (One girl was on her first holiday alone... age: AM-optional, the other (US-)girl was just refused entry to the UK
)
What happened... I acted as a gentleman, listened to their stories and tried to provide some distraction. I even accompanied the "girl on first holiday" to her connecting gate (my flight was three gates down from hers).
But according to BA I would have been a
criminal... just because the airline gave me a seat next to a female "minor"... b
t!
(BTW, how can one commence anything serious in the space an airline allots in economy class?)