Forced to crawl ? "American Airlines"

Godfather.
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A disabled man says he was forced to crawl off a United Airlines flight after airline workers didn't bring him a wheelchair.

D'Arcee Neal told WRC-TV that he waited for a wheelchair that would fit through the aisle to help him get off the empty plane after it landed in Washington D.C. on Tuesday -- but help never came. He needed to use the restroom, so he was forced to crawl halfway across the jet where his usual wheelchair awaited.

"I mean, it's humiliating," he told WRC-TV. "No one should have to do what I did."

http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2015/10/23/disabled-passenger-forced-to-crawl-off-united-flight/?intcmp=hpff

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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,792
    not sure why he wouldnt have been accomodated at the front of the plane for a seat to begin with. near the bathroom. ADA stuff.
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,792
    the article wa sprimarily about an event on UNITED with an added blurb about another passengers experience on American.

    found this rrather telling though,


    "Neal, who has Cerebral Palsy, was returning from San Francisco where he was a guest speaker on disability-accessible"

    legitimate issue to be sure, not so sure Fox was the place to report it.

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  • Godfather.
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    the FAA will crack down on them, believe me they don't split hairs someone will pay for this kind of behavior even if it's only a huge fine to the airline.

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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,524
    You might want to change the headline to reflect that this was an incident on a United Airlines plane and not American Airlines.

  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,792
    Godfather. said:

    the FAA will crack down on them, believe me they don't split hairs someone will pay for this kind of behavior even if it's only a huge fine to the airline.

    Godfather.

    to be fair, we dont know how long he really waited , if it was excessive, or if he aleted flight staff of his need prior to landing so things cuold be put into place? further they didnt report any statement from the airline.

    fair reporting should include all "sides" then we get to determine for ourselves what is what.
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