Over the years the airlines have refused to position the seats facing the back. This little trick would have saved thousands of lives. I can"t see them installing lock downs for chairs that no engineer has even thought about placing in an airplane. I'm pretty certain the best chair I own would come apart like wicker furniture in a tornado if it and I experienced a 10G stop. Placing a crippled person nearest the exit isn't going to pass muster with the NTSB, either. The logical place for us to fly in our wheelchairs is most likely where they place animals. I personnaly want to fly inside a black box.
BW, john ________________________________ From: Dan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:56:03 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Air Carriers Access Act Seventeen-year-old girl petitions airlines for wheelchair accessibility (eTurboNews) >Sally O'Neill is a 17-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, and all she wants >when she flies is to be able to remain in her own wheelchair. Sally is >circulating a petition calling on the airline industry to modify the first >seat in the first row to allow passengers with disabilities using wheelchairs >to remain in their own wheelchairs during flight. Dan
