[nabs-l] Fwd: [Members] Airline apologizes forforgettingblindteen

[Peter Donahue]

Hello J.J. and everyone,

,

    If you charter an entire airplane the whole aircraft cabin and hold are 
yours no Fed-X required.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J.J. Meddaugh" <jj at bestmidi.com>
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Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 7:39 PM
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forforgettingblindteen


Charter a plane? Why not Fedex?
I know of lots of people doing this to avoid checked bag fees and the like.

J.J.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
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Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fwd: [Members] Airline apologizes for
forgettingblindteen


> Hello Briley and everyone,
>
>    Unless you charter your own plane. Problems solved! We'll be doing that
> this year as a result of having $1000.00 of professional recording
> equipment
> damaged by lovable Southwest Airlines. Add moving in to a new place in to
> the mix and you have a prime example of how a blind person can over-come
> issues of that nature despite the cost of doing so. See you in Dallas.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Briley Pollard" <brileyp at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 8:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fwd: [Members] Airline apologizes for forgetting
> blindteen
>
>
> My fear is also that because of this, the next time I fly, I'm going to be
> harassed more than I already am. I'm a 23 year old woman, and I appreciate
> one or two offers of help to find my gate or my seat, but grabbing my arm
> and insisting that your job is to help me because I'm blind and must not
> know where I'm going, (yes this has happened quite a few times), is
> ridiculous. This kind of story is going to perpetuate the image that blind
> people are helpless and can't even get off of a plane by themselves. It is
> frustrating to me. I don't know this girl personally, so nothing of what I
> say is meant to be taken that way. But I'd be really embarrassed if this
> story was published about me.
>
> Briley
> On May 15, 2010, at 8:17 PM, Harry Hogue wrote:
>
>> This is ridiculous.  At least be proactive in mentioning your needs, even
>> if
>> you are not comfortable with traveling off the plane yourself.  And of
>> course, if you make headlines, naturally the airline will apologize; they
>> do
>> not want the adverse publicity resulting from not apologizing, etc.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Sarah Alawami
>> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 6:19 PM
>> To: nabs list list
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: [Members] Airline apologizes for forgetting blind
>> teen
>>
>> I think she should have gotten off the plain by her self. How hard can
>> that
>> be? just  get off and turn right and go up the ramp thing and turn left
>> and
>> get out and then wait for your escort. but here's the story.
>>
>> Airline apologizes for forgetting blind teen
>>
>> Edmonton Journal , May 15, 2010
>>
>> United Airlines has apologized to a blind woman from Vancouver Island who
>> was abandoned on an empty plane in Chicago.
>>
>> Jessica Cabot of Courtenay, B.C., made headlines this week after she went
>> public about being forgotten in an empty United Airlines plane on an
>> April
>> 7
>> stopover in Chicago.
>>
>> The 18-year-old was waiting for flight attendants to escort her to a
>> connecting flight to Florida when she heard the plane door seal shut. Ten
>> minutes later two maintenance staff happened to find her on an
>> unscheduled
>> check of the plane.
>>
>> She panicked in the plane, calling for help.
>>
>> After a series of complaints, Cabot received a $250 airline voucher and
>> the
>> promise of an apology. Five weeks after her flight and a series of news
>> stories later, she finally got one.
>>
>> "They just called," said Cabot, on the phone from Jacksonville, Fla.,
>> where
>> she is visiting her fiance. "I can't even count how many times they said
>> sorry."
>>
>>
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