How the airline industry still refuses to accommodate disability
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One of the airline industry s biggest outrages is hiding in plain sight
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A few weeks ago, I was “asked” by United Airlines to leave an airplane, but I refused. When flight 311 arrived in Denver, they could not find my power wheelchair. It was supposed to have been brought to the aircraft door shortly after landing. I waited and waited, but there was no wheelchair. The flight crew wanted me to leave the aircraft on one of their aisle chairs but I refused. I told them I will not budge from my seat until MY wheel chair is at THIS aircraft’s door. They wanted to begin boarding the next flight, the current crew wanted to leave, and staff wanted to clean the aircraft. But I knew if United lost or destroyed my wheelchair it could mean remaining at the top of the jet bridge for days on end until they found mine or bought me a new one. I kept track of the time I had to wait after the plane landed, and warned them at the one-hour mark I was going to call the local news and also dial 911 so I could file an Air Carrier Act violation against them. One of the cre