[Travelandtourism] {Spam?} RE: One thing that needs dealing with with the airlines

Mon Feb 1 16:23:13 UTC 2016

Justin:

First of all, at a past NFB convention there was a resolution and it was
passed reflecting these issues. Please remember that passing a resolution
and passing laws, etc. Take time.

Airlines think they are better than anyone else, being a travel
professional, I see this all day long. 

So, unless they are federally mandated to do it they will not. The other
issues are there are thousands of airlines that you may never have heard of
that fly all over the world, and these companies are not owned and operated
here in the USA, but they fly here in the USA to destinations all over the
world. So it is a very tricky situations.

The other obstacles is that are a lot of airlines now that do not belong to
IATA - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is the trade
association for the world's airlines, representing some 260 airlines or 83%
of total air traffic. We support many areas of aviation activity and help
formulate industry policy on critical aviation issues.

Airlines do not have to belong to them, it's good for them to belong. I
belong to IATA because I have to, to book airlines and some hotels or
certain tour operators, to proof that I am a real travel professional and
not an MLM - Multi Level Marketing business. To many people out there are
passing themselves off as travel professionals but are not. 

Why am I posting this, because it is not as easy as you think to say to
them, I know how you can fix it, but in actuality, again, if it is going to
cost them more money, or it could be a full moon out there, they won't do
it.

But as you know the NFB as a whole are working on the issues, I am sure once
the laws are passed to make their websites more accessible, then the next
step would be the rest. 

Please remember, we want to hear these issues on our teleconference meeting
calls.  We need to work together for ideas

Sincerely,

Cheryl Echevarria, President
National Federation of the Blind - Travel & Tourism Division
Vice President
National Federation of the Blind of New York State - Greater Long Island
Chapter
631-236-5138
cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
"Live the Life You Want"

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.

Cheryl Echevarria was awarded by Governor Cuomo in 2012, New York State
Disabled Entrepreneur or the year, and is the owner of Echevarria Travel 

-----Original Message-----
From: Travelandtourism [mailto:travelandtourism-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Justin Young via Travelandtourism
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 9:52 PM
To: NFB Travel and Tourism Division List <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Justin Young <jty727 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] One thing that needs dealing with with the
airlines

Thank you for sharing this link.  I haven't flown in at least 5 years, but I
don't understand why something as simple as rigging VoiceOver or another
screen reader on these smart devices couldn't have been included prior to
installation ensuring accessibility for every passenger.

On 1/31/16, Lynn Zelvin via Travelandtourism <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> I used to fly a lot and haven't much lately. So I don't know really 
> how this has progressed in the past few years but about five years ago 
> this was becoming the rule on Delta flights. Not only was all 
> in-flight entertainment switched to the inaccessible touch screens on 
> the seat backs, but so was the call button.  This meant not only 
> didn't I have the in-flight entertainment I used to enjoy but I could 
> not get the attention of flight attendants without getting up and 
> going to the galley. If I remember correctly they were also integrating
payment for extras into the touch screens.
> Lynn Zelvin
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 31, 2016, at 8:15 AM, cheryl echevarria via Travelandtourism 
>> <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Bring it up on our next meeting this month. Has anyone else had these 
>> issues
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Jordan Gallacher via Travelandtourism 
>> <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: 01/31/2016  2:17 AM  (GMT-05:00)
>> To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Jordan Gallacher <jordanandseptember at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Travelandtourism] One thing that needs dealing with with 
>> the airlines
>>
>> Greeting from lovely Oregon,
>>
>> You might take an interest in this.
>> http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/26/technology/jetblue-redesign/index.htm
>> l?sr=tw money013116jetblue-redesign0533AMStoryLink
>> <http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/26/technology/jetblue-redesign/index.ht
>> ml?sr=t wmoney013116jetblue-redesign0533AMStoryLink&linkId=20731489>
>> &linkId=20731489
>>
>> We really need to get to work on getting the seatback entertainment 
>> systems accessible to us.  I flew Delta for part of the trip, and 
>> they had the seatback entertainment system.  It would have been great 
>> to be able to get at the same information everyone else could, 
>> especially all the juicy details of the flight.
>>
>> Jordan
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Travelandtourism mailing list
>> Travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/travelandtourism_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> Travelandtourism:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/travelandtourism_nfbnet.org/cheryla
>> ndmaxx%40hotmail.com _______________________________________________
>> Travelandtourism mailing list
>> Travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/travelandtourism_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> Travelandtourism:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/travelandtourism_nfbnet.org/lynnzel
>> vin%40gmail.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> Travelandtourism mailing list
> Travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/travelandtourism_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Travelandtourism:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/travelandtourism_nfbnet.org/jty727%4
> 0gmail.com
>

_______________________________________________
Travelandtourism mailing list
Travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/travelandtourism_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
Travelandtourism:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/travelandtourism_nfbnet.org/cherylandmaxx%
40hotmail.com