In the lounge, there is already an attendant who takes care of all the other passengers. My submission was that if we are seated in the lounge, the attendant could be asked for any assistance. The airlines need not provide a separate attendant.
Dr. Rakesh Jain Mobile (Reliance): 09336787900 Mobile (BSNL): 09415787900 Residence: 05224001112 and 05222732345 Skype ID: dr.rjain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geetha Shamanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [AI] DGCA Guidelines for Blind passengers travelling by Air > Hello all, > > 1. It is not reasonable to ask the airlines to provide an attendant to > stay > with the blind person for the duration that the person waits in the > lounge. > It must be borne in mind that most airlines have a staff crunch, and > sparing > attendants will not be easy. Besides, the blind person may not be the only > disabled person travelling in that aircraft. > > 2. Asking for concession on the already discounted fare is highly > unreasonable. > > 3. The whole point of airline staff providing us assistance is to > eliminate > the need for an escort. Let us ask for concessions only where they are > absolutely necessary. We may otherwise not be taken seriously at all. > > Geetha > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
