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Man denied flight to Victoria on Lynx Air due to accessibility device
Jaxson Creasey was supposed to fly to Victoria, but was denied boarding by Lynx Air due to his accessiblity device.
How many flights have you taken? Would you take more if flying was more accessible?
https://wheelchairtravel.org/how-many-flights-average-person-take-in-their-lifetime/
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Since 1999, I’ve taken about one round-trip flight a year.
Don’t be jealous, but I’ve only one major damage to my chair in that time. One of my footrests got bashed in on an LAX-JFK flight in 2004. United paid for it without any resistance.
I did think I lost my joystick cover on an United LAX-MCO flight in 2021. I had to call a certain… Read more- View 1 reply
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Since I started using mobility devices late 2015, first a small segway and then a wheelchair with power assist, I’ve taken a plane 17 times and had my device damaged twice:
– In 2017, from Barcelona to Rome my segway got broken. It still worked, but drove wobbly and had the handle and other parts partially broken. The company, Alitalia, didn’t…
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