[nabs-l] airlines and federation history

[Steve Jacobson]

Josh,

Anyone who sits in an exit row better take the responsibility seriously.  If you think I would sit in an exit row and try to figure out how to open the door only after the 
crash, you don't think very much of me or other fellow blind people.  Whenever I sat in an exit row, I simply asked for certain how it opened when the flight attendant 
came by at the beginning of the flight and asked if I new how to use the oxygen mask.  It wasn't rocket science.  However, I say again, nobody ever said that all 
blind persons should feel they should sit in an exit row.  Further, while I feel I would have likely executed my responsibilities as well as the average person they would 
put there in my place, considering there was no real screening, that does not mean that the airlines would not have the right to say I was unfit for some other reason.  
This is fairly irrelevant anyway since this isn't an issue right now, but I can't believe you would truly think that a responsible blind person would not plan ahead if 
taking on such a responsibility.  I also recall that at that time, it was common to hear flight attendants explaining to sighted persons how the exit worked.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Thu, 20 May 2010 13:56:28 -0400, Josh wrote:

>Hi

>Here's my thoughts on the whole exit row thing. If I'm sitting in the 
>exit row and the plane crashes or begins to crash; I don't want to be 
>sitting there trying to figure out the several steps needed to open that 
>exit row door. I'd rather have a sighted person there, who can quickly 
>read the directions and get that door open as quickly as possible. 
>Rather than me sitting there fiddling around with it all the while 
>insisting oh just hang on a moment I'll get it open, all the while, 
>while I'm fiddling with the doorr, the plane is falling out of the sky, 
>or sinking down into the river. There's some things in my opinion that 
>its just more efficient and in case of an emergency, life-savin, that a 
>sighted person well that I'd say, hey just let someone who can see who 
>knows what they're doing, sit there so they can get the door open in the 
>quickest time possible. the other thing is while you're sitting there 
>trying to fiddle around getting the door open you got a plane full of 
>pannicking people that want out of the plane, so someone comes along 
>shoves you out of the way, gets to the door and  opens it. Then you got 
>a bunch of pissed off people at ya because you didn't move right away.


>-- 
>Josh Kennedy jkenn337 at gmail.com

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