[nagdu] air line question

[Marion Gwizdala]

    The biggest challenge is that many people believe they have the right 
answers for all of us and they are always the "one size fits all", 
especially with the airlines. What the airlines perceive as being "mor leg 
room" may not always be so. as consumers, we have some basic rights of 
choice.

Fraternally yours,
marion Gwizdala


----- Original Message ----- 


From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] air line question


> No, Greg, this will only embolden the airlines to ask even MORE questions 
> and possibley more invasive questions.  Would you like the airlines to ask 
> you how much YOU weigh?  I don't think so.
>
> We need to know our rights and stand up for them.  We can be assertive and 
> be polite and pleasant about it.  Just saying, "Oh, okay, I'll answer any 
> question you have, that's okay." will not be helpful.  That opens the door 
> to discrimmination and that the blind are push-overs.
>
> We need to be firm but pleasant to keep the rights we have and to enforce 
> the rights we have.  Period.  This will cause people to respect us more.
>
> Julie, I hope Monty's foot is better.
>
> Lyn and Landon
> "Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like 
> asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "NCBootman" <ncbootman at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 5:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] air line question
>
>
>>A very good reason to advise the airline that you have a guide is so that 
>>they can attempt to seat you in an area of the plane with more leg room 
>>such as the bulk head. I can see why they might ask the size of the dog 
>>based on the plane involved because if they had not been able to clear the 
>>seat next to me flying home from school, I have no clue where Tammy would 
>>have laid and she is a 57 pound lab. My feet were touching the wall in 
>>front of me and there was no other place for her except in front of the 
>>seat beside me. I had the harness off too or it would have been much worse 
>>for her. As long as they are not trying to deny access, my thought is why 
>>worry if they ask an extra question or two. It's one more chance for us to 
>>put forward a positive attitude and positive image making us all look 
>>better in the end.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Cindy Ray
>> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 12:33 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] air line question
>>
>> That was an agency that had no clue. There is no earthly reason for such 
>> questions. I'm not sure why you shared you have the dog. It would have 
>> made your life a lot more fun, and you wouldn't have been asked, but 
>> those are irrelevant questions. Sorry that happened.
>>
>> CL
>>
>> On Mar 22, 2013, at 11:28 AM, d m gina wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> yesterday while making the tickets for the convention, one of the 
>>> questions after I shared I have a guide dog.
>>> Was, how much does the dog weigh, and what kind of dog is it.
>>> We are flying united.
>>> Going and coming.
>>> Do the schools get asked the same questions for each dog that goes home 
>>> with us after training?
>>> Is this to make sure that the plane can handle all of the weight for the 
>>> plane, asking anyone who has a dog?
>>> I felt frustrated, did answer all questions.
>>> We were told if there were any more questions they would call back.
>>> We used an agency here in town.
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> --Dar
>>> skype: dmgina23
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>>> www.twitter.com/dmgina
>>> every saint has a past
>>> every sinner has a future
>>>
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