Something else to worry about when flying…

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/delta-flight-attendant-tells-wheelchair-passenger-tsa-make-him-get-plane-guns

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Delta flight attendant tells wheelchair passenger that TSA will make him get off plane 'with their guns'

Cory Lee of Georgia shared an incident that occurred on Nov. 13 when a Delta flight crew asked him to exit the aircraft before his wheelchair was brought to the door of the plane.

Some good basic starter tips.. but I have yet to have a flight where they don’t spend at least 30 minutes requesting to see my batteries, telling them you can’t remove them easily, showing pictures, confirming the type again with someone who is clearly not knowledgable… etc :P…

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How to Survive the Airport as a Disabled Traveller

By Jon Fletcher

Yup! But the stress is forgotten, and the good memories usually remain.

https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/majority-of-disabled-people-associate-holidays-with-stress-study-finds-37138

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Majority of disabled people associate holidays with stress, study finds

As part of a new study, 51% of respondents with a disability said going on holiday was associated with stress, whilst 36% related it with frustration

Great to see this accommodation for her stretcher. Though it doesn’t answer my biggest question: did they make her pay for the extra seats as a disability tax?

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/rumeysa-gelgi-tallest-woman-airplane-flight-cec/index.html

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World's tallest woman takes her first flight after the airline modifies several seats

Rumeysa Gelgi, who stands just over 7 feet tall, recently flew from Istanbul to San Francisco. Her historic, 13-hour flight put a spotlight on airline accessibility for all travelers.