isyne4u
<font color=blue>Next time I get a craving for cak
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- Oct 22, 2002
I have a question about putting electric wheelchairs on jets.
My best friend has recently been moved from using crutches to requiring an electric wheel chair. She likes to travel but the last time she was on a plane the baggage folks took the chair apart and then gave it back to her in multiple pieces. The chair weighs close to 200 pounds with the motor and Colleen had a hard time getting it back together.
So my question is...can seats be removed from an aircraft and the chair be placed on the plane without having to be taken apart? Because of this when she came to see me this weekend she had to bring the push chair so she wouldn't have to fight with the chair, this seems unfair to me.
Does anyone know how to do this or what her rights might be?
I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense, its hard to explain.
Thanks in advance,
tara
My best friend has recently been moved from using crutches to requiring an electric wheel chair. She likes to travel but the last time she was on a plane the baggage folks took the chair apart and then gave it back to her in multiple pieces. The chair weighs close to 200 pounds with the motor and Colleen had a hard time getting it back together.
So my question is...can seats be removed from an aircraft and the chair be placed on the plane without having to be taken apart? Because of this when she came to see me this weekend she had to bring the push chair so she wouldn't have to fight with the chair, this seems unfair to me.
Does anyone know how to do this or what her rights might be?
I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense, its hard to explain.
Thanks in advance,
tara