[nabs-l] airlines and federation history

[Rania]

Wow that's interesting!
They only do that if you are flying alone?
Rania, 

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My councilor was a former flight attendent, and she told me they hand you
the instructions in braille.
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From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
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Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] airlines and federation history


> 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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