Comments by "KGS" (@kgs2280) on "Flying Has Become Hell for Passengers with Wheelchairs" video.

  1. Just because something is difficult or out of the norm, or is something we consider a “bother”, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it. These people are human beings with just as many rights, and needs for dignity as any other person. If you had a person in your family, in your home, you would make all sorts of accommodations for them there, but the problem is that airlines don’t seem to see them as fully human. To them, they’re nothing but a bother that cuts into profits and requires thoughtful and considerate attention by staff, which takes a few minutes more time, which equates to more loss of profit. The airline industry has been treated with golden gloves by governments, and it’s time they treated their passengers, ALL their passengers, which means PAYING passengers, with the same golden glove treatment.
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  2. Yes, it was, but you have to be a senior now to remember those days. It was actually quite enjoyable. Check in was much faster, and we didn’t have to be at the airport a minimum of two hours before your flight, and security…well there wasn’t much security other than them visually checking your ticket before you got on. All that extra stuff began after 9/11. Everything about flying became harder, much harder, after that, including the attitudes of the airline employees, and even the passengers, because we didn’t all hate each other before that, believe it or not. But, we had wider, very comfortable seats with plenty of leg room, we got hot meals, and even real silverware. Because it wasn’t an everyday thing most people were doing, it was even a little bit of an “event”. People were a bit excited to fly to another city, and, because people hadn’t yet completely lost trust in each other or have TV and movies aboard or electronic devices to entertain us and lose ourselves in, we talked to each other. Imagine that! We chatted with our seat mates most of the way, perfect strangers! I know it sounds hideous to us today, but it was usually pretty nice. As an example, here’s an unforgettable experience I once had. It was actually my first flight ever (very early 1970s), and I was flying to Dallas to take the test to become a stewardess (there were no male flight attendants at that time, so…). I spoke to a stewardess about it, and she moved me up to sit next to a pilot who was changing cities in case he could give me some information about the job. He called over a stewardess who was stationed in Dallas to chat with me about the job. She didn’t have time to chat, so she actually invited me to stay at her apartment that night so we’d have more time to talk (can you even imagine that happening now?!). When we got to her place, her boyfriend called her and wanted to go out, so, since I was there, he said he’d take us both out, and he gave me a tour of the whole city! It was a blast! Sadly, I didn’t get the job because the airline was Braniff, and they went out of business about a week later.😢 But that should give you an idea of how much things have changed. That would never happen now.
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