[nabs-l] Air Canada challenges deaf, blind man's right to travelalone; Burnaby

[Beth]

T's weird.  What does height have to do with sitting in an emergency
row?  It would be better for a blind person not to sit in those rows
anyhow because people ned to be directed from the aircraft visually.
Beth

On 6/9/09, Jim Reed <jim275_2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Another air travel related issue I just learned of is that blind people are
> not allowed to sit in emergency rows. I am tall enough to "need" an
> emergency row, so I guess I will hide my cane in the airport/airplane. BTW,
> I start cane travel training today.
>
> Jim
>
> "From compromise and things half done,
> Keep me with stern and stubborn pride,
> And when at last the fight is won,
> ... Keep me still unsatisfied." --Louis Untermeyer
>
>
>
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