Delta Airlines needs to remedy this.

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http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2012/12...ed-cries-from-poor-treatment-on-delta-flight/

"A marine who lost both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan was “humiliated” while boarding a Delta Airlines flight, as he was clumsily pushed to the back of the plane in a wheelchair, knocking into row after row of seated passengers.

Tears streamed down the face of Marine Lance Cpl. Christian Brown last Sunday when the war hero with prosthetic legs bumped into multiple passengers despite the best rebuffed efforts from several veterans on board to move Brown to first class."

"Retired Army Lt. Col. Keith Gafford, who was also on the flight, told the Post that two first-class passengers offered to switch seats with Brown before takeoff. This request, Gafford said, was rejected by the flight attendant. Gafford described the crew as being as “hard as woodpecker lips.”

“I have been flying with Delta for a gazillion years and this crew treated Chris worse than you’d treat any thing, not even any body,” Gafford told the Post. “I did 27 years in the military. I have seen a lot of things and have seen a lot of guys die, but I have never seen a Marine cry. What the kid said was, ‘I have given everything that I can give and this is the way I am being treated? This is how I will be treated for the rest of my life?’”"


I don't have the words to describe how disgusting this is.

 

[Big Money]

Should the federal government force Delta to "remedy" this?

 

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Should the federal government force Delta to "remedy" this?

I think the free market can do it just fine.

Do you think the gov't should get involved?

 

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Terrible and embarrassing; what we do know that airplanes are not designed to handle wheelchairs and the handicapped, it's the nature of the beast.

But what I do NOT buy is the claim that the flight attendants would not permit a first class passenger to exchange their seat and it might be that the doors had already closed by the time someone had offered up their seat.

I would have been furious had I been watching the event play out as described. Why the passengers sat like sheep as this embarrassing episode unfolded is also a statement of our society and personal views.

 

[Truth Detector]

I think the free market can do it just fine.

Do you think the gov't should get involved?

Of course this is not a matter for the Government. What do you think should be done and the purpose of this story?

 

[Big Money]

I think the free market can do it just fine.

Interesting.

 

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Of course this is not a matter for the Government. What do you think should be done and the purpose of this story?

The question was aimed at Big Money.

The purpose of this story is so that more people will know about what happened. If more people know, and more contact Delta, then it is more likely that something will happen and changes will be made in the way handicapped passengers are handled.

 

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Interesting.

Do you think the gov't should get involved?

 

[Mott the Hoople]

I think the free market can do it just fine.

Do you think the gov't should get involved?

Don't feed the troll WB. Don't know if you're aware but Big Asshole is Legion Troll.

 

[Big Money]

The purpose of this story is so that more people will know about what happened. If more people know, and more contact Delta, then it is more likely that something will happen and changes will be made in the way handicapped passengers are handled.

When did you contact Delta?

 

[Big Money]

Don't feed the troll WB.

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Only people who have no defense for their obnoxious and meaningless actions and statements resort to calling others trolls.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2012/12...ed-cries-from-poor-treatment-on-delta-flight/

"A marine who lost both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan was “humiliated” while boarding a Delta Airlines flight, as he was clumsily pushed to the back of the plane in a wheelchair, knocking into row after row of seated passengers.

Tears streamed down the face of Marine Lance Cpl. Christian Brown last Sunday when the war hero with prosthetic legs bumped into multiple passengers despite the best rebuffed efforts from several veterans on board to move Brown to first class."

"Retired Army Lt. Col. Keith Gafford, who was also on the flight, told the Post that two first-class passengers offered to switch seats with Brown before takeoff. This request, Gafford said, was rejected by the flight attendant. Gafford described the crew as being as “hard as woodpecker lips.”

“I have been flying with Delta for a gazillion years and this crew treated Chris worse than you’d treat any thing, not even any body,” Gafford told the Post. “I did 27 years in the military. I have seen a lot of things and have seen a lot of guys die, but I have never seen a Marine cry. What the kid said was, ‘I have given everything that I can give and this is the way I am being treated? This is how I will be treated for the rest of my life?’”"


I don't have the words to describe how disgusting this is.

Since this is in the mainstream press than Delta has a public relations nightmare on their hands.

 

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When did you contact Delta?

This morning. And you?

 

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Since this is in the mainstream press than Delta has a public relations nightmare on their hands.

I am glad of it. Hopefully this will rattle some cages and get some changes made.

 

[Big Money]

This morning.

So you say.

And you?

Nope.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

I am glad of it. Hopefully this will rattle some cages and get some changes made.

I'm not going to pass judgement on Delta...unless this is swept under the rug. My guess is that it was some hard ass flight attendant who made this decision and that he/she will probably pay for that poor judgment with their job.

 

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The question was aimed at Big Money.

The purpose of this story is so that more people will know about what happened. If more people know, and more contact Delta, then it is more likely that something will happen and changes will be made in the way handicapped passengers are handled.

What changes for wheel chairs can be made on a transport that is basically a small metal tube pressurized for the hostile environment at 35,000 feet?

 

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So you say.



Nope.

Of course I say. You asked when I had done something, and I answered. Who else would you have expected to say?

So you won't be contacting Delta Airlines?

 

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What changes for wheel chairs can be made on a transport that is basically a small metal tube pressurized for the hostile environment at 35,000 feet?

Or what changes can be made to the aircraft that will allow easier access? If the aisles are wide enough for a wheelchair, then it seems to be a matter of where they park them for the flight. There also can be something to address the way a person is "helped".

 

[Big Money]

Of course I say.

How do I know you really contacted anyone? You've lied before, haven't you?

So you won't be contacting Delta Airlines?

Nope.