I get a feeling that you want to argue for argument sake and do not want to look at the practical issues and repurcations of your arguments. If you cannot travel alone in a flight inspite of the fact that the airport authorities and airline staff take good care of you, I am sorry to say but you better not travel anywhere. Railways do not provide any sort of help and so they allow for an escort. This is totally impractical and unfair when it comes to airlines. If you do not want to travel alone, you are always free to take the train.
Secondly, I really don't understand why do people make so much fuss about seating. There is no way and it is totally unsafe for any sort of disabled person to be seated near the emergency exits. And if the staff decides that they can help you better by seating you at a particular place, what is the big deal? They can ask anyone to change seats and not just blind persons. Regards, Kiran. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 08 August 2006 2:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AI] DGCA Guidelines for Blind passengers travelling by Air Of dear, Let us leave somethings for the nodal agencies to take care. We require an escort to assist us during the travel. & we want a concessional ticket for an escort. We do not need an escort if Govt. could do that for us. Let the checking authority take care of verify the veracity of a true escort or a 'business associate'??? We are aware of this fraud is enough to know our responsibilities. But facilities could never be denied upon apprehensions. Seating a blind person at the rear or front-should it be an issue? Why should a blind person be discriminated to get allotted a particular seat?? Let the crew know where the person is requiring special attention. 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.i n 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
