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Nemo2 · 03-01-2018, 11:33 AM

We tried applauding on the Metro in Sofia, Bulgaria - got some odd looks.....especially after doing it at ten or more stations.

pb4uski · 03-01-2018, 12:42 PM

The premise of the thread is right... I have a friend who finds used vans that are outfitted to transport wheelchair bound people.... his phone is ringing off the hook. Demographis I guess.

marko · 03-01-2018, 01:18 PM

Just took my disabled brother from Florida back to Boston yesterday.

He can walk but only short distances; not through an airport. I was a bit amazed at the difficulty going through security. It was like they never had a person in a wheelchair come through before (in Florida??).

Having said that, we booked First Class seats both down and back. He had more room to get into/out of the seat and I sat next to him. No issues with inconveniencing other passengers. (He was also the first one off the plane as we just got up and walked out and into a waiting wheelchair)

I just couldn't visualize trying to get him into a seat in 22C. That just wasn't going to work.

Bryan Barnfellow · 03-01-2018, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by joeea

You mean most people aren't entitled to a safe landing?

:-) Entitled is a bit too much for the gods of safe flights perhaps. On my end, we generally have an expectation, a hope, sometimes a wide eyed yearning...

-BB

Bryan Barnfellow · 03-01-2018, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Nemo2

We tried applauding on the Metro in Sofia, Bulgaria - got some odd looks.....especially after doing it at ten or more stations.

Love it! Sofia, is on the 15-year travel list (while we are both "highly active" according to my schedules and charts).

-BB

Bryan Barnfellow · 03-01-2018, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrapr

So if you are in Business Class you can boo the pilot and heckle him when they bounce on touchdown? You suck!!!

is that golf clap or standing ovation? I have so many questions

It's a sometimes rousing, other times quiet outpouring of relief by a bunch of people who don't realize that the safest part of their journey is over. Next the taxis and rental cars!

-BB

HFWR · 03-01-2018, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeWras

Now let me get back to my emotional support cobra.

A Xanax and a martini...

Although a trained cobra would make a great car alarm...

Scuba · 03-02-2018, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by audreyh1

So no charge for checked baggage, yet still overhead bins packed - almost full less than half-way to boarding!

Yep!

Scuba · 03-02-2018, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Bestwifeever

DS flies SW a lot for business, and he is considered "A-list", so he probably is one of those able-bodied people who is supposed to board right after the wheelchairs. Some might be active military, too, or an air marshall? Or SW staff?

I don’t know about the “A-list” other than people in the A boarding group who are flying Business. And these folks didn’t look like active military or SW staff. They looked like average business travelers who didn’t want to spring for the Early Bird check-in but wanted a better boarding position. But I really don’t know, so perhaps I’m wrong.

Early Bird is a good value, though. It’s only $15 and saves you the trouble of trying to be online 24 hours before the flight. Today I had A40 boarding position and was able to get an aisle seat in Row 5!

atmsmshr · 03-03-2018, 05:32 AM

My wife uses a wheelchair, but can walk short distances.

We bring our own chair to the airport - unlike most.

The companion chair is folded at checked in at the jetway.

We are never sitting in an exit row, but she does appreciate not having to stand in a que in the jetway or airplane isle.

We both wait until the plane is nearly empty, pick up the wheelchair at the jetway and we exit.

We are thankful for the consideration.