I agree John, Most wheelchairs are NOT designed to be transported in a van, train or bus... let alone an airline plane. Can you imagine a sudden air pressure drop, while flying and what it could do with a reclining wheelchair support suspension system. Within reason, at what costs? It can be tough enough dealing with the normals and exceptions....... now the extremes... Best Wishes In a message dated 9/30/2009 8:41:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
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_ (http://www.eturbonews.com/11822/seventeen-year-old-girl-petitions-airlines-w heelchair-accessibil) (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
