Guess I got lucky, my last flight they bumped me up to first class ;^) Too bad I was flying alone. I got loaded first, during, and last. Drinking through a straw at high altitudes. Stuntman
> > > The time I flew I was loaded last and left last to. > > Mark > > -------Original Message------- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:31:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [QUAD-L] Flying-with your wheelchair > > In a message dated 8/7/04 11:42:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << i think we should be able to board in our chairs like on trains. > > Sam >> > > I think that we should also be able to import "Green Cheese" from the moon, > but I don't think that will happen in the near future. > You have to consider that wheelchairs differ from user to user and are > manufactured in many shapes and sizes. Currently, airlines allow extra time > to load > chair users before others are allow to board. That time would double/triple > in time if everyones chair was allowed on the plane. Who would be > responsible > for damage to the plane or to a wheelchair from trying to navigate down the > aisle of a multimillion dollar jet. > Even Chris Reeve must transfer from his chair when flying. > I don't see that happening in the next few centuries, my friend. But who > knows, one can only wish.. > W > > . > -- It's not the fall that hurts.
