Not only do these airlines want to be able to treat people with disabilities terribly, they are trying to say that the government doesn’t have the power to regulate conditions of commercial air travel. First they’re coming for people with wheelchairs but if they get their way they won’t stop there - ThreadSky

ryanmarino.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Not only do these airlines want to be able to treat people with disabilities terribly, they are trying to say that the government doesn’t have the power to regulate conditions of commercial air travel. First they’re coming for people with wheelchairs but if they get their way they won’t stop there

Reposted from Julia Métraux

Five major airlines are suing to overturn a rule from then-Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg that actually holds airlines accountable for damaging disabled people's wheelchairs. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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mrschadenfreude.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is just the first of many rollbacks for disabled people

artificialmcb.bsky.social•2 days ago

They’ve done this to Senator Tammy Duckworth numerous times it’s fucking crazy.

c0nc0rdance.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just for a sense of scope:
> 11,000 passenger wheelchairs were damaged by airlines in 2023, according to a CNN report.

teamquimby.bsky.social•2 days ago

Are they actively trying to damage wheelchairs like it’s a sport?

c0nc0rdance.bsky.social•2 days ago

I attribute it to severe deficiencies of 'giveashit'.

shake1n1bake.bsky.social•2 days ago

Idk what luggage handling pays but can't be that great for a physically demanding job with exposure to weather and probably a background check.

c0nc0rdance.bsky.social•2 days ago

About 30-40K a year.

shake1n1bake.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, that doesn't buy much giveafuck about anything the bosses don't emphasize

ryanmarino.bsky.social•2 days ago

!!!!!

sdiver100.bsky.social•2 days ago

But they'll be ready with their hands out for another federal bailout if the planes keep falling out of the sky.

lucindacatchlove.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why anyone would trust airlines after they floated the "standing seats" for economy travel is beyond me...

chrisflemingnh.bsky.social•2 days ago

I not an internet tough guy but if you destroy my wheelchair, I reserve the right to end your life or at least put you in a wheelchair for the rest of your misbegotten existence.

ryanmarino.bsky.social•2 days ago

Only in the United States would a corporation (that depends on taxpayer funding/government subsidies btw) claim it’s their “right” to break the wheelchairs of their paying customers who depend on wheelchairs. They don’t even think destroying people’s property should be reportable when they do it.

volare.bsky.social•2 days ago

I use a manual chair & the way my chair and I were treated like trash at every single point along a trip 2 years ago was enough to make me swear off ever getting on a plane again, after how TSA & flight staff treated me at every airline or airport. 1st time flying since ’07 & now the last ever.

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