Victory! American Airlines reverses their ban on wheelchairs! Maayan Ziv Toronto, Canada 23 NOV 2020 — Over the past few weeks we have worked hard to rally together after American Airlines announced a new discriminatory policy that banned wheelchairs weighing more than 300lbs from their aircrafts. Within 3 weeks we collected over 8,470 signatures, shared comments and stories of our collective outrage, and created significant amplification on social media. Today we are celebrating victory.
American Airlines has officially reversed their policy - ending the weight limit - and released the following statement: "After close consultation with our safety team and our aircraft manufacturer partners, we’ve eliminated the conservative weight limits that temporarily impacted our ability to carry some mobility devices and wheelchairs on our smaller, regional aircraft. Those limits have been replaced with guidelines, approved and reviewed by the FAA, that better reflect the ability of the cargo floor to support mobility devices and wheelchairs based on their distributed weight. We’re confident that the modifications we’ve made will allow us to safely accommodate customers’ wheelchairs and mobility devices on all of our aircraft. We apologize for the confusion this has caused, and we value the feedback and outreach we’ve received from our community partners and customers in recent weeks. We are committed to learning from this as we redouble our focus on improving the travel experience for our customers with disabilities." https://www.change.org/p/american-airlines-reverse-american-airlines-discriminatory-policies-against-people-with-disabilities/u/28112703?recruiter=711168083&utm_source=share_update&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_twitter_responsive&utm_term=deeebc34ea9d48f08dfb23ff6ea6d767&recruited_by_id=f5577c10-262b-11e7-836f-33f6dc2dd714 -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAAx3Jh2-DMK5DiV1C%3DZ-o%2BxtZU6BCGy3wwk3SAakUMX9b2RNUQ%40mail.gmail.com.
