Comments on: Random travel thoughts

By: Patricia Tryon

Patricia Tryon — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:29:34 +0000

It would be terrible to disillusion you about Premier status, wouldn’t it? ;-)

I have also found that when I travel with Chuck, people talk with him, not me, about various things that come up. It’s damned irritating.

By: AL Masters

AL Masters — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:48:41 +0000

Just remembered that I wrote about an idea a few weeks ago about a “Disability Travel Registry”. Here is the link:
http://criprevolution.blogspot.com/2006/09/disability-travel-registry-my-proposal.html

This owuld solve lots of issues such as the ones you mentioned.

By: mdmhvonpa

mdmhvonpa — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:53:37 +0000

With the incredible success of wheel chairs making people invisible, you think you could strap one onto a single engine plane and make it a stealth bomber!

By: AL Masters

AL Masters — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:58:54 +0000

I have traveled by air for many years; even years before ADA. I get the same reaction from airline/airport personal. First they try to look past you as if waiting on someone in charge, then they act like I have a snale on my head.

I have stopped trying to call ahead of time to make ADA arrangements. It is an absolute waste of time. When I get to the gate I request a bulkhead asile seat. They keep bulkhead seats blockes for traveling airline personal such as pilots and flight attendants. You can almost always get bulkhead asile seats if you press them.

Next I have to insist they stow my WC in the cabin as regulation states. I have a light-weight manual wc that folds nicely. When I explain the rules to them(they act as if they know nothing) they always look like a bunch of monkeys playing football.

When I travel I almost always get the dreaded “SSSS” on my boarding pass. Super Search. A few trips ago, I had a TSA person say that I may have to remove my pants for a search. I instantly reached down, while still in public, unbuttoned my jeans, unzipped, and started to drop my pants. Should have seen the look on their faces.

One would think after so many years of these rules in place airlines/airports would know what to do. Amazing…

By: darrenh

darrenh — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:06:06 +0000

Again and again, when it comes to travel by people with disabilities, you hear “advanced notice required.” I always react with the thought, why should that be the case? I can’t say I’m surprised at all that it often doesn’t make a hill of beans worth of difference in what actually happens. Advanced notice required is completely the wrong attitude. Training people so they can deal with a person with a disability with some grace and helpfulness — not like it’s not the most completely unusual circumstance in the world — is what’s really needed. But I don’t know how you get there.

Welcome back too, Katja.