How could they know? he booked the ticket in advance, he looks like a fake to me but for all Delta knew he was genuinely handicapped and they provided nothing.
Or maybe someone on the Delta staff figured out he was faking and that is why they did not give him any accommodations.
MotionMan
Interesting. In one case his flight was cancelled and his rebooking didn't have the equipment and in the other the flight was delayed. I wonder what would have happened if the flight went out as scheduled.
It also says the crews didn't help when the equipment wasnt available due to fears of liability
They failed to consider their liability if he'd opted NOT to crawl off the plane. It's not as if they were going to move it with him aboard, much less fly to the plane's next destination.
Interesting what would have happened if he refused to crawl off. I wonder if the Feds would have arrested him?
Too many parts of the story don't add up, so I vote shens.
Seriously, what are you really going to do to help if theres no access to the equipment needed?
With a name like Dr. Dreaming Bear Baraka Kanaan me thinks he like attention to much
His web page is entertaining ~http://www.dreamingbear.net/
Is that one of those tree chairs?
How could they know? he booked the ticket in advance, he looks like a fake to me but for all Delta knew he was genuinely handicapped and they provided nothing.
Actually at the link I posted it said his injuries from 2000 gave him a progressive condition that has gotten worse over time. So, they seem to be saying he wasn't completely paralyzed to later on.
Unless the guy is pulling a huge scam, then why would he be regularly traveling in a wheelchair?
Maybe at some time during the flight he forgot to be handicapped and retrieved something from the overhead bin.
Or, in reality, there could be a millions ways he could have given it away.
MotionMan
Try to find one reference to him being in an accident or in a wheelchair that is not related to this Delta story.
If true, you would think it would be all over his work, about how he has overcome it or it made him stronger, or some other crap.
MotionMan
Delta is the worst airline in the world. Id rather go on an Aeroflot.
There is one writeup in one of his foundation newsletters talking about the motorcycle accident, continuing spinal cord problems and upcoming surgery, dated a month prior to the flight.
Bad backs can be things that are sporadic. And some people have this pride thing going where they see it as a personal weakness and must never let it be shown.
I have a very hard time believing this. No one offered to help and there is no video/photo evidence that this happened? This doesn't make sense along with the source huffpost wouldn't surprise me if they left out some key details.
They failed to consider their liability if he'd opted NOT to crawl off the plane. It's not as if they were going to move it with him aboard, much less fly to the plane's next destination.
While an wheelchair is not in the aircraft, there put wheelchair people at the first row for accessibility. That removes the story on crawling up the aisle. Flight attendants ask those that need assistance to be patient until other passengers are off so the wheelchair can come down the jetway. As one gets off, you see chairs waiting in the jetway control can or at the terminal exit.
Now for Nantucket, he was on a small enough aircraft that it did not use a jetway, they would have had a wheelchair brought out to the aircraft. If he could not get down the stairs, someone would have thought to use a catering truck to get the chair to the exit door.
What kind of special fucktard makes a comment like that, the dude had to crawl the length of the plane, then down stairs like a slug to get to his wheelchair, was probably dirty as all hell after doing so and completely humiliated as well, if you don't have the equipment in place DON'T SELL THE DUDE A TICKET saying you can handle a wheelchair boarding.