Paraplegic man drags himself through airport

foolzy said:
What's your opinion on the airline or the airport?


Okay, I'm assuming the airline made the fuck up with the original chair, maybe they didn't, maybe it was the airport. Do you think the airport/airline treated him poorly by losing his original chair?
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It's nothing to do with the airline. The airport offered him a more than viable alternative.

I carried my daughter from the plane through customs. f***ing heavy she is. Pushchair was offered. Declined though.
 


monkeytassle said:
It's nothing to do with the airline. The airport offered him a more than viable alternative.

I carried my daughter from the plane through customs. f***ing heavy she is. Pushchair was offered. Declined though.
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Whoever lost the original chair (its not made clear, if you think that would have been the airport, fair enough) have made a fuck up, it is poor treatment from whoever lost the wheelchair
 
foolzy said:
Whoever lost the original chair (its not made clear, if you think that would have been the airport, fair enough) have made a fuck up, it is poor treatment from whoever lost the wheelchair
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What other alternative could have been offered other than “we’re sorry we lost your chair, here’s another chair for you to use”?

Inconvenient and annoying but it wasn’t a ploy to fuck his world up.
 
MackneyHackem said:
What other alternative could have been offered other than “we’re sorry we lost your chair, here’s another chair for you to use”?

Inconvenient and annoying but it wasn’t a ploy to fuck his world up.
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I don't think it's unreasonable for Luton airport to have self propelled wheelchairs like other airports do. As I posted earlier, I bet they will have soon
 
Beaker said:
I don't think either party have covered themselves in glory.

Hard to know how he was feeling mind, as I'm lucky enough not to have had botched spinal surgery and left without the use of my legs.
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Exactly this, my spinal cord injury was due to being a daft bastard aged 16, pissing about with mates at Marsden bay, to think it was due to others negligence and not my own would have sent me over the edge.
 
I guess that to have achieved what he has done after having been dealt the hand he has with his botched surgery at 20 would not have been achieved without him being an extremely strong willed, bloody minded, cantankerous git. Now if thats the case I can see his side of this argument.
Sometimes extraordinary people are extraordinarily driven characters and if his actions puts pressure on Luton airport to be more sensitive to the needs of disabled passengers and makes them upgrade to modern user friendly equipment I really don´t have too much of a problem tbh.
 
HerdnMulhall said:
I guess that to have achieved what he has done after having been dealt the hand he has with his botched surgery at 20 would not have been achieved without him being an extremely strong willed, bloody minded, cantankerous git. Now if thats the case I can see his side of this argument.
Sometimes extraordinary people are extraordinarily driven characters and if his actions puts pressure on Luton airport to be more sensitive to the needs of disabled passengers and makes them upgrade to modern user friendly equipment I really don´t have too much of a problem tbh.
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Too often people just 'put up with things' and are then surprised when nothing changes.
 
Defiantly not playing the victim card.... he 100% wasn’t offered a quick 2 two minute assistant through the airport and absolutely was sincere and genuine in his cause for deciding to sue the airport.


Im inspired to be fair , next time the airport or flight loose my golf clubs I’m going to play with my cock and sue them for not allowing me my independence by replacing my ping eye clubs.
 
Listened to this on the radio, sounded like a upper class lah-de-dah with a sack o' tatties on his shoulders being obstreperous. Refused the option of a pushed wheelchair as it would make him feel embarrassed. Decided to crawl on the floor x yards to prove a point. Hey. look at me, etc.
It seems the airport tried all they could, apart from either waiting for the flight to return (hours), or order a another of his specialised, personolised chair to facilitate his homeword journey.
Unless there's more of the story to come out, it's a non- story facilitating the current obsession with minorities.
 
look out piano said:
Sounds like the fella was being awkward to make some sort of point, they offered him a wheelchair but because it wasn't specific one he decided to drag himself through the airport.
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To be fair , it wasnt just 'specific', you know like the ability to actually push himself without having to rely on on others.
 

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