[nabs-l] Air travel an advise required

[justin williams]

I just flew to Orlando by myself for national convention. I boarded alone.

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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
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Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 11:02 AM
To: Carly Mihalakis via nabs-l
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Air travel an advise required

While I don't completely disagree with Carly, I don't believe there is any
law or regulation preventing a blind person from boarding a flight alone,
and I don't think we can afford to let such claims go unchallenged even if
we feel we might need help.  I don't know how best to handle this particular
instance, but we have to do what we can to fight any tendency for
government, business, or other well-intentioned people to feel someone else
should be responsible for us.  Requesting a written copy of the policy might
be a good start.  I have boarded alone countless times as have many others
here.  There are times when a person might require help, and different
people have different challenges so I am not saying it is never right to get
boarding assistance, but that should not be a requirement, and I believe
each of us has to try to be as independent as our ability allows.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:25:13 -0700, Carly Mihalakis via nabs-l wrote:

>Good evening, Siddhi,
>         While I don't believe in restricting anybody from boarding an 
>airplane, or any other conveyance, it would seem to me  your trip 
>unfolding more seamlessly if you were to inlist some help from, say, 
>Ol'Sighty, anywhere. It is my belief that, Ol'Sighty's often pointless, 
>and in many cases arbitrary measurements of us are in fact, based on 
>the ends to which you arrive, not the means you happend to use to get 
>there. So, I don't think they care how the blink goes about arriving at 
>a particular end. Take this example. I believe Ol'Sighty will be 
>impressed to see us flying period, not that we might have completely 
>"independently" boarded the plane, and found a seat.
>I tend to believe that the person who gets to lead you to your seat, 
>while you are holding your cane and interacting with you,  is bound to 
>find more of an education about blind people's capabilities and 
>potentials than watching the blink bumble around, groping for 
>everything, of course, "independently."
>for today, Car
>408-209-3239


>>Hope you all are doing well.
>>
>>Actually, I am planning to travel in USA and facing some issues.
>>
>>I have flight at Chicago airport operated by 
>>EXPRESSJET                 AIRLINES DBA
>>UNITED EXPR owned by united airlines. I am in conversation with their 
>>customer care executive. They have informed me that On US domestic 
>>airport they do not allow individual  visually impaired to board 
>>alone. Is this an universal law or airline specific laws are 
>>implemented? Or is there any provision of USA government to tackle 
>>this issue? Is there any one travelled from this airline and had 
>>assistance on board?
>>
>>Sincerely
>>Siddhi
>>
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