Welcome Back Todd! I hope you continue to post on your personal experiences. I'm sure that Breezy is alive and well with her husband, somewhere in Florida, with her pitbulls. Do you remember DTXNews, Sue as well as she used to post a lot here. Each year we pick up another generation of newbies and some thought provoking stories of how it happen and how its changed their lives. Regarding your experience... I hope it never happens again. I hope it never happens to anyone... ever. But we both know that it can happen and when it does, the first thing you do is file a report with the airlines about the damage and how it will affect your life, being as graphic as you can. If the worse doesn't occur, all the best. Because as you have witnessed, it can and often does happen. I've seen old cases that went before a review board, and nothing in the original damage report was referenced to what could happen if repairs and replacement didn't happen within a specified time. The industry can used that against you in their defense as saying "we didn't know or couldn't perceive the future." For this reason, it is most important to spell it out in the very first report. This way the ball will always be in the air industry's court. Again, glad to read that you are back Teach! W In a message dated 4/1/2008 12:01:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was traveling in 2005. My wheelchair had simple, laminated instructions on how to move it and lock it using the "clutches" because I always remove the armrest with the joystick that powers the chair. Sometime between surrendering my chair at the airport and unloading the chair when I arrived at my destination (luckily home), it turned out somebody didn't read the neon signs indicating the use of clutches. My 17 inch wide wheelchair became a 14 inch chair! In other words, it was crushed. **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)
