Comments on: More On Airlines Mistreating Disabled Passengers http://www.petertan.com/blog/2008/03/19/more-on-airlines-mistreating-disabled-passengers/ Living One Day At A Time Sat, 17 May 2008 08:08:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Is is Deja Vu All Over Again? Jet Airways Humliates India’s Paralypiac Shot Put Champion : Tips from the T-List http://www.petertan.com/blog/2008/03/19/more-on-airlines-mistreating-disabled-passengers/#comment-21166 Is is Deja Vu All Over Again? Jet Airways Humliates India’s Paralypiac Shot Put Champion : Tips from the T-List Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:08:37 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2008/03/19/more-on-airlines-mistreating-disabled-passengers/#comment-21166 [...] For commentary by Peter Tan: http://www.petertan.com/blog/2008/03/19/more-on-airlines-mistreating-disabled-passengers/ [...] [...] For commentary by Peter Tan: http://www.petertan.com/blog/2008/03/19/more-on-airlines-mistreating-disabled-passengers/ [...]

]]> By: ex penang boy http://www.petertan.com/blog/2008/03/19/more-on-airlines-mistreating-disabled-passengers/#comment-21146 ex penang boy Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:10:27 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2008/03/19/more-on-airlines-mistreating-disabled-passengers/#comment-21146 If they treat wheelchairs like they do to bags, then it'll be a miracle if the wheels are still attached to the chair! It seems at times they hire guys in training for the shot putt event.I've seen bags hurled and thrashed ,no kidding-try throwing your bag from the container to six feet on the ground, and you have to give credit to the manufacturers that the bags are still in one piece! The fragile sticker merely advises the handlers that the item has to be hurled less than half the distance and you fill in a form that absolves the airline of any responsibility- no win situation! <strong>Peter: You are comical with the fragile sticker advising that items be thrown half the distance. Wheelchairs should never be treated like another piece of luggage. They are the only means of mobility for people who cannot walk. When will these airlines ever learn?</strong> If they treat wheelchairs like they do to bags, then it’ll be a miracle if the wheels are still attached to the chair!
It seems at times they hire guys in training for the shot putt event.I’ve seen bags hurled and thrashed ,no kidding-try throwing your bag from the container to six feet on the ground, and you have to give credit to the manufacturers that the bags are still in one piece!
The fragile sticker merely advises the handlers that the item has to be hurled less than half the distance and you fill in a form that absolves the airline of any responsibility- no win situation!

Peter:
You are comical with the fragile sticker advising that items be thrown half the distance. Wheelchairs should never be treated like another piece of luggage. They are the only means of mobility for people who cannot walk. When will these airlines ever learn?

]]> By: seeds http://www.petertan.com/blog/2008/03/19/more-on-airlines-mistreating-disabled-passengers/#comment-21132 seeds Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:57:36 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2008/03/19/more-on-airlines-mistreating-disabled-passengers/#comment-21132 It's stories like this that makes me so disllusioned about the progress airlines have made in accommodating travelers with disabilities. I looked at the photo of her damaged wheelchair and there's just no excuse for staff for that level of damage. <strong>Peter: Wheelchairs should have been tagged fragile and stored at the proper cargo compartment. In this case, the wheelchair was totally trashed which made me wonder how it was handled.</strong> It’s stories like this that makes me so disllusioned about the progress airlines have made in accommodating travelers with disabilities. I looked at the photo of her damaged wheelchair and there’s just no excuse for staff for that level of damage.

Peter:
Wheelchairs should have been tagged fragile and stored at the proper cargo compartment. In this case, the wheelchair was totally trashed which made me wonder how it was handled.

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