So, don't travel. The world owes you nothing and you are very narcissistic in thinking that everyone should adjust to you and serve you. Everyone is dealing with their own life and problems, and it's no one's fault that you've unlucky in health. I have spinal and mental health problems, so what? That does not give me privileges to demand that others serve me and adapt the world to my needs, I am the one that must take care of my own needs.

Yeah, I saw a clip about this last week. I was also hoping that they would address this in the video as it really highlights just how serious and unacceptable the issue really is.

@Edith so the ADA is about narcissism lol?

@edith so you’re anti-equality? Also, this isn’t a demand to be served it’s actually less than than. WC users want more autonomy and independence. They’d rather not have multiple people transfer them and hope their chairs make it safe. This is asking for equality, not extras

@@Edith.G.G. Wait til Edith gets sick, wait til Edith gets old and frail. And needs many support services to look after her. Watch how her UGLY , SELFISH voice turns to one of need , and empathy and Compassion. Watch How sorry she is , admitting how STUPID & PATHETIC she was. Watch how that funny old lady eats up her thoughtless, carefree words....

hehehe hohoho hahaha his name is BUTTGEEK! hehehe hohoho hahaha!

I can't figure out how the main lady in this story remained so calm with her wheelchair damaged like that! I'd be the same as you - actually I'm just too afraid to fly in fear of my chair being broken

It's happened to me. I've been left stranded at gateways, I've broken bones.

Please don't think WestJet is any better, especially in Vancouver. they have 3rd party wheelchair assistants and they're awful

That was brave of you to post. Had a very dear friend in the 90s who used a powered wheelchair as a result of some genetic things i met in my college dorm. My floor had handicap access bathroom (George Mason University), and Scott was in one of the wheelchair accessible rooms. Government paid helpers for whatever he needed. I helped whenever I could. He was so looking forward to the Star Wars rerelease before the 2nd trilogy, and he passed away just before they came out. It was devastating. He was the kindest human I’ve ever met, and I miss him. Sorry you had to go thru that

Disney Florida was horrendous with autism & covid, forcing children too young to safely wear face coverings anyway, but with the added danger & problem of autism, to be wearing them or be denied entry to the park completely. Sorry but that's not inclusive! I'm in Australia, we NEVER masked anyone under 8 for safety reasons, so it horrifies me that 3 year olds with autism there were being forced to wear them or be denied entry! Nice they have wheelchair access, that's great for me, but I still care about others with disabilities too, not just my own needs

Makes me think of my nightmare of a trip to a Cedar Fair park last summer. I,an autistic person,was tossed into a full sized van for three hours and seated next to two very touchy teens. When I actually got to the park I nearly started crying in the first five minutes because one of the people I was with had her kid lie about being autistic in order to skip lines. Meanwhile every little thing was setting me off and I heard multiple rude comments from people watching me enter the separate lines when I was just trying to keep myself composed and not have another meltdown. I love rollercoasters but large crowds make me panic or just shut down entirely. Unsurprisingly, I failed at keeping composed when nobody in the group I came with wanted to be around me and I was stuck with a person I hardly knew for the entire time. And my disability was being used as a tool to skip lines. When all I wanted was to make it through the day and actually be able to function. Don't get me wrong I love amusement parks, and I'm glad that the particular Cedar Fair park I went to had such services. But that trip was an overall train wreck.

@Adam Efimoff it's not the masks I have an issue with, it's the lack of medical exemptions when it's inappropriate & dangerous for someone to wear one. I used to work in daycare, the idea of putting them on 3 year old, even healthy ones, let alone autistic ones, horrifies me! We forever had kids finding & eating bluetak or plants from the garden, or rocks, or even a cockroach one time. Covering a child's mouth & face, so that adults around them can't see they are engaged in a highly hazardous choking behaviour is really scary, even without the general inability of a young, severely autistic child to understand the need to keep it on & at the time they were enforcing it, there was next to no evidence young children were even transmitting it. To force young autistic or otherwise severely disabled & choking risk children to have their face covered, with no medical exemptions available is no different to failing to cater to wheelchairs. That' my opinion anyway, as a wheelchair user

@@LiliOfTheValleyIZkewl that's horrible! I hope you manage to go back at some point in the future - with some REAL friends who will respect your needs & be a real friend to you. Really not ok for people to exploit you like that! I'm sure they had a wonderful time, but what horrible people they are! You deserve to be treated much better than that!

the airport is not F((kin disney land cmon!!!???

Okay I get it if you’re disabled but if you’re just fat do something about it

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No one asked you to BUY a ticket js

@@codydaluudauwu2883The ADA already requires that the 250 lb wheelchair flies for free. maybe lobby for more effective rail options

united states a failed society

Oh, no, they're always breaking things. A few years back, there was the guy who wrote a song, "United Breaks Guitars," after what happened to his guitar. In 1973 my high school band traveled to Europe. Our instruments were pre-loaded into cargo crates. Did that help? Maybe... but one trombone player had her case torn open around the bell end. Lucky for her, the case did its job and protected her trombone. Many musicians refuse to check their instruments. They'll purchase an extra ticket for larger instruments, and have their instrument ride next to them strapped into a seat. Many people will drive rather than check their pets into the cargo hold. And then there's the endless list of lost, damaged, misdirected, and stolen luggage. One exception seems to be when horses are shipped by air. But they go on specially equipped cargo planes, in special stalls, and are attended by a human being who is paid to do nothing but care for the horses.

Cargo is boxed, wheelchair just consumed a lot of "unusable space". You'd be biting your fist if you know how the fit in luggage. Almost 0 wasted space

THIS! It is inexcusable & reprehensible how the airlines repeatedly break wheelchairs, & there is absolutely no reason why they shouldn't at the bare minimum be able to not break them while wheelchairs users are still not allowed to stay in their chair/have it on the plane. Perhaps the airlines need to start providing a crate to place the wheelchairs in before being put in the cargo hold. I'm not wheelchair bound, but I am a very empathic person & I wish that at least just 1 of our domestic American airlines would truly start treating handicapped people & their wheelchairs right.

It's terrifying. I mean, they are also working around aircraft but they can't load things without huge amounts of damage??? What the .... ???

loading and handling checked baggage or cargo is outsourced to third companies servicing the airports. basically, the airlines can‘t really actually do anything about how those contractors do their work. they can charge penalties after the fact/claim money from them. it‘s fucked up.

Ok

I’m so sorry you have to deal with that. I hope that your trip is uneventful. Laws definitely need to be better.

So sorry you had to deal with that. Our society fails disabled people in so many ways, it’s shameful. You deserve an equal chance at a good, independent, dignified life. Any society that doesn’t strive for that as the bare minimum is a moral failure.

Did they pay for the chair

Airlines really need to understand that wheelchairs aren't like regular luggage. They shouldn't be tossed around carelessly, because they're ESSENTIAL for their owner to get around, and can't be easily replaced like clothing could be.

@@amvlabs5339 in humane might be a stretch I just wanna be able to go on a plane with my chair lmao

@@MyBakedTurtle But how is this being treated as not human. You're sitting on a giant wheelchair of course they need to make sure it fits and make sure you're able to have what you need on the flight. Saying you're a sideshow is just insecurity, because like it or not you're a giant liability on the plane...

I am terribly sorry for happened, I really am, but I think it is unfair to commercial service providers to be called "inhumane" when it fact is just "insufficient service". Air travel is complex and it has its constraints, and unfortunately it is regarded as the primary mode of transport in the U.S. I have seen MANY wheelchair bound people in Europe during my travels who use foldable wheelchairs (as their arms/hands are fine) and the wheelchair is folded and placed in the galley. Apparently mobility scooters and electric wheelchairs are often used in the US by people who in Europe would manage a "manual" one for many situations. And yes, wheelchair bound people in Europe are perfectly taken care on on long-distance high speed trains. Which is not possible in the U.S.

Sorry that some commenters are unable to understand the indignity, discomfort, and upsetting emotions that flying with an electric wheelchair entails. Don't worry, there are many of us who get it, and we support efforts to change things. We understand that the wheelchair is an extension of your body, custom designed for your specific needs, and that you can't just leave it at home when you travel. There is no reason that disabled people should have to go to crazy lengths in order to just board a plane and fly like everyone else. 💕

@@MetroidPurples you’re putting words in my mouth I’m not saying I’m a sideshow idc about any of that it’s just the comfort ability of being in my own chair it’s really hard to understand but my chair is like my feet imagine living in someone else’s feet after being in yours for so long all I’m just saying is I’m happy that there’s change soon I just wanna to be able to ride my wheelchair on into the plane…

RIP 💔

maybe if this country had any usable interstate public transportation people wouldn't have to feel like luggage after paying up to a thousand dollars for a ticket (something our government could easily afford)

Planes aren;t made for electric wheelchairs, they are too big and heavy. They would have to be reconstructed.

@@marisamartin3664 Meh, I blame the wheelchair manufacturers not making their moden wheelcharis compatible with 60s planes (737s) :D

@@marisamartin3664 they were not made to have a tv in the seat or usb or power plug ether but they change an upgrade all the seat on most every plane for that. they can make at least 1 or 2 on the wing or front row a place for chair users. they can but dont care and that is the problem. not every1 can use a push chair or have some1 travel with them to push them in one. there is no reason for the baggage ppl to be so careless. the ins company and medical supply company charge insane prices that we get stuck with coz of greed. just like how they charge $30 for 1 tylenol when you get admitted. we dont pretend to be disabled an we did not ask to be this way but we make the best life we can. they way you word that it sound like you make excuse for them. also search how airline make there real money. it is in cargo not passenger. i just pray that you or some1 you love never have to experience this for you to understand.

Wow that’s awful

The entire crew that loaded that chair should be interviewed by the FAA. The one who broke the chair should be identified, fired, fined and barred from ever working for the airlines again.

​@@sirphineasluciusambercromb9114 These are minimum wage employees. Good luck finding workers if you treat them like that

@@Tribuneoftheplebs So you are saying its okay that these idiots destroy our stuff? You are a terrible person. Also they will find people who will do the work

@@taikajorma7276 Blame rich company. Not poor workers.

The airlines need to train their employee how to safely handle wheel chairs. I knew a guy who worked baggage and really, this is the airline owners cheaping out. Many baggage handlers just haven't had sufficient training.

It's so inhumane that you can't use the bathroom!

Why aren't you allowed to use the bathroom? That is making me sick to hear. Unacceptable!

@@gregorsamsa2271 Because it's not accessible, the room is too small and the aisle is too narrow to move around in a wheelchair.

@@ChipitaDraws That's a shame. They need asap to change that. We have the resources nowadays to create it as comfortable as possible for everybody. Especially for those who need it the most! They absolutely need to work on that now!

I am ambulatory to some degree and even I struggle to get to the bathroom. The aisle isn't even big enough to use my cane. I just dehydrate myself and pray my bladder doesn't want to fight me for once.

JFK is a nightmare in every way. I once asked for assistance there and never received it. I'm lucky I recovered.

Sorry that happened to you. I’ve traveled with my grandmother who can walk but needs a wheelchair for the long distance from entry to gate. Even doing that sucked so I can only imagine having that experience with a paraplegic family member 😢

Airiness don't care

I'm a wheelchair user. It's actually a quite simple process. 1. Buy your ticket, on the ticket indicate that you're using a wheelchair and fill out the little form online. No need to worry about spelling or grammar, no one is ever going to read the online request. 2. Immediately after buying your ticket, call the airline and tell them that you're going to need an aisle chair (the wheelchair used to load a wheelchair user on the plane, which I assume is what you're talking about). This should be a quick process, normally I'm on hold no more than 45 minutes or so. 3. The day of your flight arrive at the airport 4 hours early (for a domestic flight, earlier if your destination is international). At check in tell them you need an aisle chair, because no one is going to know about it. 4. Go through security and let them grope you for a while. Every once in a while they'll want to check the cushion. I literally cannot sit on a hard surface without risking a pressure injury, so sometimes I have to hold my bodyweight with my arms for 20 minutes or so while they run the cushion (but not the rest of the chair for some reason) through the scanner. 5. Once you're through security, head on over to the gate nearest to your departure gate (you should still be 3 or so hours early, so your gate isn't going to be open yet, unless it's for the flight immediately before yours) and tell them you need an aisle chair... because no one is going to have been informed yet. 6. Wait patiently for someone to come staff your gate for your flight. As soon as they do, let them know you need an aisle chair. They might be aware at this point... but only if they happen to be the same person you informed at the previous gate, because again, no one is telling anyone. 7. Go take the last bathroom break you're going to get until you touch down. Hopefully you remembered to thoroughly dehydrate yourself and you haven't drunk any fluids today, because the only option to use the bathroom on a flight is to piss yourself. 8. Go back to the gate, because hopefully you're going to be boarding first. When they announce that the flight is boarding kindly remind the gate attendant that you need an aisle chair... because they're not going to have requested one yet. 9. Wait 20-30 minutes for an aisle chair to arrive once the airline employees finally realize that nothing is going to happen until they track down an aisle chair. 10. Go through the humiliation of getting strapped to a chair and having your knees and elbows banged against every seat all the way down to your row. I hope you can get into the seat yourself or you're going to be in for some additional bruises during that process. 11. Pray that your chair survives the flight. Don't worry the odds are slightly better than 50/50. 12. Endure the excruciation of an uncomfortable seat that you literally cannot get out of for the duration of your flight, and don't forget to tell the first flight attendant you see that you need an aisle chair. 13. When they announce the descent, go ahead and let the flight attendant know again that you need an aisle chair. They won't actually radio ahead for one, but it will make you feel like you've done everything you can. 14. On arrival, sit back and relax. You have to wait for literally everyone to get off of the plane, plus an additional 20 to 30 minutes for them to come ask you why you aren't deplaning and realize that you need an aisle chair and then go find one. If you feel like living dangerously, go ahead and have your first sip of water for the day, the bathroom is probably less than an hour away! 15. After getting your chair inspect it to see how damaged it is. Hopefully you wrapped it up with protective equipment properly and you just have a few new scratches and dents and no catastrophic failures. Scratches give character. 16. It's now at least 60 minutes after arrival time, if you've got a connection, you had better fly like the wind to make it in time. The easiest thing to do is make sure each connection is at least 3 hours in length. You won't even be off the plane in 60 minutes and a 2 hour layover is doable, but only if everything goes right, if you have to use the restroom or there is a delay in getting the aisle chair, you're screwed. It's just that easy. I don't know why everybody is whining about this.

@@verreal It was definitely an experience...glad to hear you recovered.

Understood, as my experience with airlines in the US is why I no longer fly on Commercial Airlines: As a Chronic Pain Patient I have had my opioid prescriptions stolen twice, once by Baggage Handling or TSA and once it could have only been TSA at PDX [Portland International Airport], and no they can't be replaced if they are stolen... Having a Broad Native Build, I have had two very fat White Men complain about my shoulders seeking me thrown off the flight, once resulting in being given a seat in Business Class & told next time that have to buy either a Bossiness Class Seat or two two Economy Seats and once being given the two seats that don't recline in the back & told next time I need to buy two Economy Seats, and no I am not obese, I am just two feet wide in the shoulders...

It’s totally inexcusable what both of you have to go through. I’m “able bodied” but I do take opioid medication. I carry it in my carry on as I don’t trust TSA or the baggage handlers. Losing a medication like this would be devastating. Not only due to pain but withdrawal.

I also take pain meds and psych meds. I always keep them on me for that very reason.

@David Hollenshead You should never check any of your medications, especially not opiates or benzos. All medications stay firmly in my medical bag (I travel with two different medical devices so have a dedicated bag for them) and jewelry goes in my regular carry-on or personal item. This has never happened, but on the off chance they would try to gate check my medical bag, I would take the meds out and put them in my personal item bag. I also always put a lock on my med bag as well as my carry-on if I have one. Preferably not a TSA lock, just a regular one that they have to ask me to open or cut it off. If you don't want to risk a lock, use zip ties. This protects from TSA, airline employees, and fellow passengers. If you put your meds in checked luggage, did not request to be present while your carry-on bag was searched, or didn't lock it, that is completely on you. Never once have I had missing meds or jewelry (or anything at all for that matter) because I always follow this procedure.

@@davidhollenshead4892 Bro, you HAVE to keep your meds on your person….NEVER check them

Ow! Even arthroscopic knee surgery hurts, (both of my knees) and that sounds like it’s a lot worse!

Not if they bring a bomb on the wheelchair then the airplane.🤓👍

AMERICA!!! 💪💪💪💪

@@ClarkKent-tg6ls Are you stupid for a living? The chance of someone in a wheelchair bringing a bomb on a plane is equal to that of a person not in a wheelchair (yes, even if their skin is brown). Be more feeble minded

You can feel all you want but life is what it is most time..she should realize lost of physical capability is not the NORM and majority is ALWAYS expected to be the NORM...

Short the airlines companies

NTM all the great publicity and ads you could run

I think installing wheelchair space on airplanes might require FAA approval.

@@barbaravyse660 ... Why not have removable chairs that can be locked back into place for non-wheelchair customers? FAA approval doesn't have to be onerous.

AMERICA!!! 💪💪💪💪

what airline gets more business from wheelchair users who will appreciate the delays that come with taking extra care compared to the business class travelers who want the plane to leave as soon as possible?

This will make air travel cost more though, unless they will start charging for 2 seats for wheelchair bound persons the same way they should for the morbidly obese.

@@TheGrindcorps I thought they already did that for the morbidly obese and then refunded them if there are extra empty seats?

@@giantdad1661 not that I know of. If they do, it must be very recent. I’ve had people tell me recently this happened to them where fat people were overflowing from their seat onto them.

Don't travel then if your life depends on it. Simple as that. Stop snowflaking around.

@@bogeydope3022 Limiting disabled people traveling restricts what jobs they can have, what advocacy work they can do, and what leisure they can enjoy. People freaked out about mask and vaccine requirements restricting their travel and work, which were for public health and saving lives, so I don’t understand why there would be zero compassion for this.

​@@gameoftomes14 First of all, if you can't sit in a damn used wheelchair because of an infection risk, you shouldn't travel around in planes. It's like taking a trip with the exact amount of fuel for it and then you run dry because the traffic jams. Things don't go smoothly in the real world. 2nd there is no "restriction". If heavily disabled people are arguing that they want to travel in the same vehicles built for regular people while paying the same price just for convenience they live in a dream world. I have zero problems with them taking flights in planes when i have to wait for the extra time it takes, but i simply don't care for them being "traumatized" by the extra steps it takes, just as they don't care that i have to wait longer. And for god's sake, 99% of them couldn't even travel one time if it wasn't for the others that pay for everything they need to make a living, not everyone is Stephen Hawking. If a regular person doesn't earn enough money to afford a plane ticket, aren't we restricting him from what life has to offer? At last, please stop with your "compassion" bs, it's fake because your words in a comment section doesn't cost anything, they are free. But as soon as you have to do anything that takes effort in the real world, you cry for the state or others to pay for disabled people. So stop telling people about compassion for people you don't know and thus not care about.

@@bogeydope3022 what if traveling would have saved her life because she needed to go to a certain hospital? Can't you see the flaw in your comment? It's easier for airlines to handle a wheelchair properly, it's not rocket science!!!!! Than a person to just not use airplanes. It's 2023 duuude, and it's the US. It's not like they're expecting third world countries services to adjust, it's the US, NO?

It was United, and yes their negligence killed her. It's truly disgusting that we as a society allow this.

Probably because they are, even though that's very cruel to say. I feel for them though, I wouldn't want to be in their shoes.

The reason they're treated like a burden is because these corporation's don't train their staff or hire specific people to deal with their needs. The employees are treated like crap and in return can't treat the customer with the care they need. Blame the big wigs up top.

It's rough to say but they are a burden, these are what we call 1st world problems too.

@@Biru_to And? should we not add simple measures to provide comfort for as many people as possible? These aren’t difficult issues lol

@@lanxy2398 There are limitations to being disabled.. Are we to provide rock climbing lessons to Quadriplegics too?

You’re a DOPE!! ANY stroller that costs $200 WILL INCLUDE FREE SHIPPING!!!!

@@traybern and your carelessness is showing. This stroller was gifted during a baby shower. That almost always occurs while the mom is still pregnant. The damage occurred during a flight after baby was born. You are raging out in all caps here over a scenario you've made up in your imagination. SMDH.

So….we SHOULD build the WORLD ….FOR disabled people? Are you READY to go BACK 1500 YEARS???

Yes, you've become a burden now. It's hard and i see it with my grandma. But it's my job to help her, not anyone else. People think that all the world has to care about them, and it's often the disabled that behave like a prick.

@@bogeydope3022 You should know that a Lack of empathy like your case is a disability And that anyone can become disable

@@neyou6940 Oh yeah, i have a lack of empathy because you guys are pretending to be compassionate about others. It's always the same, as soon as it goes from free blabla in comments to paying and working for disabled people for free, you cry for the state and others do pay and do the work. So much for your compassion. Go ahead and feel like a better person because you dish out worthless free words about compassion on the internet.

@@rikijett310 Oh, i would rather hear that from a person that is, let's say more normal then you are. Go ahead and live your life as the snowflake you are and cry for others to help you.

@@rikijett310 Wow, i thought you had "compassion" for the disabled? Do you now feel better THAN me? The only thing humorous is that you are just the same rotten human as everyone else, pretending and in actual believe to be something better. Smoke and mirrors.

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I don’t use a wheelchair but I am disabled and do sometimes use mobility aids (and have problems at airports bc of other medical devices)- can only speak for myself but this type of allyship makes my day to see and is so appreciated 🥰 please mobilize that anger by whatever means you have at your disposal: fighting for this legislation, helping your own workplace/daily activities become accessible and equitable, etc. This is the right type of momentum ✨

Thank you! Yes, we don't need pity we need support from everyone to cause change. We need those who are stronger physically to help fight for us. I can only speak for myself in this part but I am dealing with so much with my health and fatigue I don't have the strength or energy to try and fight for this to change as well. With all the limitations we have even to do the smallest task its nearly impossible for many of us to get the change to happen. We have to be important enough to the able bodied to demand the change. Unfortunately. The only way I see that happening is if all the able bodied people became directly affected by it like someone close to them was put in the same predicament. (God Forbid!)

You are so right angry is very different from pity, no one wants or needs to be pitied.

I am sure those chairs are heavy

@@dirk480 typically they are automatic and should be drivable up the loading ramp

Bruh. I used to work for Continental at EWR way back. Those chairs are heavy AF. No power and you're not allowed to ride up the belt loader to keep a hand on it. Such an easily solved problem.🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🗽🗽🗽

Disheartening, but not surprising

Man I miss the ramp, I really enjoyed the interactions I've had bringing customers their wheelchairs. Some flew a lot and would tell me about their terrible experiences with wheelchair travel and I was just glad I was able to be some sort of sunshine in their experience.

Why doesn't she just use a free foldable wheelchair found at every airport?

@@guitarcatlind6075she needs the wheelchair to be mobile once she gets there. It’s when they are taken from the passenger and put in the cargo hold that they get damaged. Someone who uses a wheelchair can’t travel without it

I just posted the same thing. If they can see profit, they would do it

Stop making sense.

The economics of putting in wheel chair specific seating simply doesn’t work. There are additional design constraints that are unique to aircraft that make motorized wheelchairs within the passenger compartment difficult to implement. Factors like aisle width or the lip on doors make it extremely difficult to retrofit existing aircraft to meet the needs of a very small percentage of passengers. More careful handling of the chairs and stream lining of pre flight procedures would solve most of the problems.

move and store seats? they dont do that

You think they actually pay these claims? It's been over a month and I bet she calls regularly. They don't care. It would make sense to have maybe 3 of these wheelchair spots per plane, but these are the same airlines that continue to overbook flights. The flight will be close to full, if not packed to the gills with people, it's unnecessary.

The last time I traveled by air, the only airline employee who seemed to care about me was the pilot of my flight, who noticed the problems I was having with access to my wheelchair and stopped and advocated for me.

I have recently reached to point of needing a wheelchair. While I CAN walk with my regular walker in the house, a rollator to go to a restaurant ( I have leg weakness due to a back injury so I cannot rise from an armless chair), I need a wheelchair to traverse distances. My darling husband insisted that we get a folding electric wheelchair for my use. We'd love to fly somewhere - ANYWHERE - but I am terrified that my chair will be damaged/lost/ destroyed. As both my husband and I are tall (he's 6'7"), We'd need to pay for first class for the leg room. The bottom line is that the hoops I'd have to hump through make me never want to fly - too much hassle to be treated as 'less than'.

@@gailpippin9761 honestly I have seen people with disabilities fly with first class and they seem to be treated way better than anyone flying economy. It is a shame that this is stopping you from traveling. The government t is working on a new bill to help people with disabilities fly on aircraft much easier.

@Rextheslime1 I can't help but think that First Class, in general, gets treated better than economy. I was en route in ecom9ny from Heathrow (or Gatwick - I can't remember) when I got my time, along with debilitating cramps. The FA, bless her and hers forever, trigger to the fact that I was very ill. I pantomimed that I had cramps. She cheerily asked if I'd like some tea, then bustled off and returned with a china cup and saucer of tea, handing it to me with a wink. That saucer had a horsepill on it (concealed by the lip of the saucer because there was a random sitting in he aisle seat). I didn't ask questions. I took the pill and was out like a light until we were approaching Cleveland. Not sure how many hours. She was a saint.

Greetings from a San Diegan! I'd love to visit Seattle sometime.

trains would also be a solution for accessibility and wouldn't be slower for many destinations if there was high speed rail

Its become hellish because it’s affordable. You can make it the way it used to be if you pay as much as you used to.

100%

@@BlownMacTruck Exactly.

Same. I had to pause the video when he said the ADA doesn’t apply to air flight, I was that shocked. I’m actually a little ashamed that it NEVER crossed my mind when I saw disabled people boarding and having their wheelchair taken away from them that this was their autonomy being taken away from them. How are they supposed to go to the bathroom? I’ve seen folks in the comment section saying they’d basically fast before and during to make sure they wouldn’t need to go, and it makes me really sad to think that on top of all the other stressors, they have to deal with that too. I guess this is how privilege works though, isn’t it. As an able bodied person, mine allowed me to remain blind to the cruelty experienced by others. Inhabiting the same spaces at them without having to even think of the cruelty inflicted to them, even though it was all around me. Anyways, I’m thankful for this documentary. Definitely an eye opener, and I’ll try to educate myself more.

i use a wheelchair as well and before i needed to use it i would think the exact same thing, but its more for safety, we can take a little bit of time sitting down or wait till everyone has gone in and then fix ourselves

I have used wheelchair accommodations before while it was very good atleast in my case I was ambulatory but walking very long distances is not good for me however I didn't have my own wheelchair (yet) so I did go through some of what people are saying but I know I had that privilege 😢 now I have a wheelchair I'm scared to travel

Same thing here, we have to change things and fast!

AMERICA!!! 💪💪💪💪

They're not regular tho, so part of that, is not traveling cross country/nation like normal people....

You need stronger constitutions then

@@powsniffer0110 I think Karma would change your mind. you better hope you never become disabled and have to travel for medical care, weddings, funerals, etc.

Exactly yes and no virtue signaling either, this is just de-humanizing 100%

Airlines don't give a hang. All they care about is money. Period.

@@jackgardner8225 I mean, they are corporations....

@@jackgardner8225 you do know that they are a business right?

Even just a bit of ply board would help.

They make metal drop in ramps that could cover the gap. As it is they only need one size to fit a standard aisle chair.

Don't let this get in the way

You where left in a terminal for 17 days??

@@aelfwealld its satire mate, there is no way thats real. Lol.

@@aelfwealld yes, Delta, 17 DAYS !!!! 3 TIMES THEY SOLD MY SEATS TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO CAME AT THE LAST MINUTE IF YOU HAVE 5000 DOLLARS YOU CAN WALK IN 15 MINUTES BEFORE A FLIGHT AND GET WHOEVER IS IN THE SEAT KICKED OFF AND THEY WILL RUSH YOU TO THE GATE. I WATCHED IT DOZENS OF TIMES. I BOUGHT MY TICKETS 6 MONTHS IN ADVANCE AND PAID THE LEAST SO I KEPT GETTING KICKED OFF I HATE THE AIRLINES THE GOVERNMENT JUST GAVE THEM 3 TRILLION DOLLARS TO KEEP THEM FROM GOING OUT OF BUSINESS THEY SHOULD HAVE LET THEM FAIL WE WOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER SYSTEM IF THEY WENT BANKRUPTCY AND WENT AWAY I WILL NEVER FLY AGAIN

Handicap accessibility is a myth when it comes to the public realm. Most places I encounter are built to bare minimum standards. Myself I lost my independence the day I ended up in a power wheelchair. Thank God for my family and friends who assist me when I have to go somewhere.

Today metro busses and fastfood resto have better services than the airlines.

i understand what you wish for, but you're asking companies to spend tens of millions each year so wheelchair bound people can fly around. that's such a big cost, that... i don't know. what are your thoughts on that?

How do you figure? If they only replace one seat per aircraft how is that tens of millions each year?

@@shikeridoo Wait until it happens to you. You'll see what a nightmare it is going into public.

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Because the majority of delay of exiting an aircraft is with idiots fiddling with their bags, you don't take your bags in the event of an emergency. Also, you have no idea how badly the airline industry is struggling right now, it's only possible for you to go la to new York for $400 if you accept to deal with this. If you don't like it, pay $3,000 on business class seats.

They mean that it can be evacuated of non-disabled passengers in 90 seconds. Airlines tell us that in the case of an emergency they will evacuate all of the other passengers and then come and get us off! BAHAHAHAHA! Like hell they will.

A relative of mine happens to work for a company that makes airliner emergency exit stuff. They test new designs of the products by having a group of people sit in a test plane and try to all evacuate in 90 seconds or fewer. I once asked the relative if that group ever has any people with significant and noticeable disabilities, or even elderly people or kids and babies. As far as I remember, it does not. Infer what you will.

They'd been on every platform and had the spotlight beaming into their faces for decades.

When flight attendants see crutches you can feel them stop breathing 😅

@Sarah Rose lmaooo. As a flight attendant that cracked me tf up. I wish we had a closet specifically for crutches. There are closets on board but they aren't specifically for crutches so often times they are full.

I am not sure that is comparable bud

Absolutely fucking ridiculous price. The medical industry is disgusting. No way the production of these chairs cost anywhere near 20-30k USD. It's just taking advantage of disabled people who require one to live a normal life.

None owes you anything. It's the sense of entitlement that turns people off. You want to burden us with your problems.

@Itheuser First wtf are you talking about. If someone breaks your stuff, then they should pay for it. If someone totals your car, does that make you entitled because you want them to pay for it? The government has laws in place to accommodate wheelchair bound people too.

@@itheuserfirst3186 well said old sport!

My thought, too. If bicycles and pets must travel in containers, why not wheelchairs?

So having a spot where the chairs can be anchored securely in the passenger cabin would be useful for the loaders, too.

@@grmpEqweer the aisle can be too narrow for regular wheelchairs to fit through

@@Skeletomania seated at front/back cabin doors. they mentioned that some planes don't even have doors wide enough for entry chairs, let alone down the aisles.

@@soSTYLISTICglyni the wheelchair still won't fit, and there's a height difference between the door and the jet bridge. Try lifting 2 hundred plus pounds into the plane

@@Skeletomania I'm aware of that. I'm also aware they're going to want to use the space for regular seating when not transporting someone with a mobility device. Ideally, seats would unlock easily, and be stowed safely, You would then need to anchor the power chair, so you need tie downs. Meaning anchors welded into the deck. My thought was, get a specialist team for the airline, whose job is strictly getting people who have big mobility devices onto/off planes?

Yeah somehow I can’t muster the ability to feel sorry for you. But these people deserve grace and compassion. Sometimes you don’t have to make it about you.

@@LeolaGlamour well you’re just a ray of sunshine to be around aren’t you?

@@CB-nv8bs They made it about themselves, literally this was about disabled people and their mistreatment and they complain the airline doesn’t accommodate tall people.

@@LeolaGlamourgirl bye he was just explaining his issue with planes and also acknowledged how messed up airlines treat disabled people 🙄 sorry his issues aren’t as big but they’re still valid, people don’t ask to be tall and having the person reclining in front of them creating stabbing pain in their knees for hours

@@aloistyler boohoo I’m tall 🙄

Question, do they make special cases that the wheelchairs can be packed into? If you have this for any other type of expensive fragile equipment, why not wheelchairs? Seems like that would be a good solution.

@@seanmarkham6965 no. I have a unit that weighs 400 pounds. These machines don’t fold up.

@@edwardh1591 hmmm interesting. I know they don't fold up I've actually done some work designing wheelchairs. It wouldn't have to fold, but having a case that can encompass the chair, kind of like sound/stage equipment boxes might be a viable option. A little bit of an extra hassle but if it could better ensure the safety of the wheelchair it would definitely be worth it.

@@seanmarkham6965 your wheelchair should never be stowed. It should always stay with the patient

I was literally going to say as someone from Europe I’ve personally never seen issues like this, or certainly not to this level. I know for a fact I’ve I’d witnessed an incident like this I wouldn’t forget it.

The Europeans are way ahead of the game in providing this type of care.

You always ask the passenger all possible scenarios just to make it easy. In the US its a private enterprise, it should be nonprofit like in Europe.

@@TheUrbanGaze that isn't true, EU regulation makes PRM have unlimited funding by charging 1€ for PRM from all passenger who doesn't need help. Its socialised service. I think only Sweden has a nonprofit PRM service.

I agree with you on how Europe just gets it right. I didn't experience traveling in a wheelchair, but I was in Scotland and England last year and used public transport (local airlines and trains) to travel to several cities and locations. It was such a pleasure to know that your train was going to show up. Transportation costs are affordable. This year I'm planning to travel within the US, and I tried to take a train to the airport, which means changing trains several times. For one leg of this trip the price was $120.00. That's not accessible to many travelers. I think there's lots of opportunity for improvement here, and after seeing this video about how difficult it is when traveling with a disability, I feel even more strongly about this now.

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omg I flew with United before with my cane however it's the foldable type I think I didn't use it when I boarded so maybe that's how mine wasn't taken from me :( that's horrible why would they do that is that a thing????

😢 I'm so sorry that's awful

Exactly so even if they provide a loaner it’s still not gonna be able to do everything your custom chair can do that causes severe pain and then sometimes it’s a safety issue the one they provided me the first time it was broken was so lightweight that I couldn’t put my school backpack on it and I was afraid of flipping backwards in school every day because it couldn’t accommodate the way to my backpack or the weight of me and I basically couldn’t get dressed by myself either because the chair couldn’t be modified the same way my custom chair could be

Thanks for sharing. I am doing research on disability and airline customer service. Would you mind letting me know what city you flew out of and into?

You are so right. I’m in a power wheelchair with a service dog. I’m to scared to fly. We shouldn’t have to get out of our wheelchair and risk damage to our unit. The unit I have is $45,000. It’s a very specialized unit due to my disabilities. One of my good friends just had her power wheelchair demolished by the airline. She ended up getting our senator involved and sued the airline and was settled out of court. For me the thought of having my wheels destroyed keeps me from flying.

Until someone sneaks a weapon into the cabin inside a wheelchair and holds the plane hostage.

@@brianp5205 Well that's why they go through TSA, Just like everyone else they have to go through the same process, in fact they go through a few extra processes because people could do what you had already said.

@@edwardh1591 The airline i worked for, we have to take the wheel chair and put it in the belly of the plane, sadly it takes about 2 to 4 people to bring it down a flight a stairs, then we strap it down inside the air craft. I'm not sure what other airlines do, but thats what we do. It would be super easy for someone who is in a wheel chair to stay in the chair. Super easy for all parties in my opinion . It's always good to know your rights. Safe travels !

@@MW.-.- unfortunately I’m not willing to risk my wheelchair being destroyed by the airlines