Amazing what a little common sense can do! And an interesting point about perceived lack of value to wheelchairs, which is rather startling from our side of the equation. (Disability not being understood by the general public? Say it ain't so!)
The pictorial guide is a good idea and echoes a suggestion I saw in the US FAA's discussion of updating the Air Carrier Access Act that travellers could attach the manual of their wheelchair. But as you say, that presumes someone bothering to read it.
I've got a nasty suspicion a lot of airlines and baggage handling companies would far rather spend 30 seconds throwing a chair about than a couple of minutes talking to someone to do the job properly. The focus on turnaround-time, particularly on the low cost carrers, is brutal. Inconveniencing the odd disabled passenger doesn't show up so prominently in their logs as missing a departure slot
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Date: 2010-05-15 11:33 pm (UTC)Amazing what a little common sense can do! And an interesting point about perceived lack of value to wheelchairs, which is rather startling from our side of the equation. (Disability not being understood by the general public? Say it ain't so!)
The pictorial guide is a good idea and echoes a suggestion I saw in the US FAA's discussion of updating the Air Carrier Access Act that travellers could attach the manual of their wheelchair. But as you say, that presumes someone bothering to read it.
I've got a nasty suspicion a lot of airlines and baggage handling companies would far rather spend 30 seconds throwing a chair about than a couple of minutes talking to someone to do the job properly. The focus on turnaround-time, particularly on the low cost carrers, is brutal. Inconveniencing the odd disabled passenger doesn't show up so prominently in their logs as missing a departure slot