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Frontier forces quadriplegic man off plane
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A quadriplegic Colorado man says he was humiliated after he was forced off a Frontier Airlines plane because a pilot said it wasn't safe for him to fly. (www.msnbc.msn.com) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
@airclaxon1, I wasn't aware Southwest ever separated classes of passengers. They've always been general boarding as far as I can remember.
*so->no self importance. Typo on my behalf
@vincent: so self importance at all, simplying trying let people know that the CA of the flight didn't like the given conditions for this passenger and denied boarding. If it happens, it happens. But there's no need for the mass public demanding bodily harm and a change of employment for it.
@all: nice to see (read) the general trend leads toward rather supporting ppl with disabilities by commercial pilots! life is hard enough already and you don't want to be as harschly reminded of this as by that, what did one call him, egghead lacking "proper sense of self importance, or testosterone level." nicely put, vincentvan.
I'm not sure why everyone has their bloomers in a bind over this one. I've been flying for a major US commercial airline for over a quarter of a century and have carried dozens of para/quadripelegics. There are specific guidelines for accomodating these folks onboard the aircraft, including specific seats where they are to be accomodated, etc. All of these are spelled out clearly in company policy. The safety of a plane load of passengers is affected by many factors.Examples of this include folks who are hard of hearing, overweight, high strung etc. It is my duty as pilot in command to make the final decision as to who may remain on the aircraft prior to departure. Yet, if I were to remove folks based on disability alone, when my company spells out specific guidelines for accomodating these folks, my guess is that I would have worked for many more carriers and my place on the senority list would be towards the bottom. Commercial aviation is a business and I am primarily responsible for the safety of my aircraft, but i am also repsonsible to carry out the policies of my employer. I don't know who all the experts on here fly for, but in my world, for the carrier I fly for, being a quadripelegic is not, alone, grounds for not being allowed on board the aircraft. I won't second guess the pilots decision in this case, as I wasn't there. There may have been factors beyond the disability. If I were to make such a decision, though it is within my authority, I would have to answer many questions from my superiors. I'd like to fly for whatever carrier Joshua flies for, though I probably lack the proper sense of self importance, or testosterone level.
@ JOSHUA:
Well put Bro, Well put, some people have no sense what they are talking about, yet speak like the Great all knowing demigod of of the skies.
You know it is sad to defamate someone, or even an entity, with out understanding the where's, the whats, or the roll's one plays in the line of one's profession, yet judge someone with such authority.
Joshua again thanks never thought putting that up, but you hit the target perfectly
Well put Bro, Well put, some people have no sense what they are talking about, yet speak like the Great all knowing demigod of of the skies.
You know it is sad to defamate someone, or even an entity, with out understanding the where's, the whats, or the roll's one plays in the line of one's profession, yet judge someone with such authority.
Joshua again thanks never thought putting that up, but you hit the target perfectly