http://chimera-travel.com/blog/2009/10/13/must-have-amenities/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:26:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://chimera-travel.com/blog/2009/10/13/must-have-amenities/comment-page-1/#comment-1530 maya Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:46:43 +0000 http://chimera-travel.com/blog/?p=183#comment-1530 This is a bit of an issue and definitely difficult in countries that do not have the same standards of accommodation for people with disabilities. Lifting a woman onto the plane is pretty remarkable, and I think it would take the friendliness and work ethic of a country like Zimbabwe (and yes, for those who haven't been the Zimbabwe people are very friendly to visitors) to do something like this. On the flip side, I have watched security agents make a poor woman in a wheelchair get up (they had people lift her) so that they could check under her seat for anything "suspicious". I understand the safety concern, but I felt bad. It amazes me that they now have a full service airline exclusively for pets and cannot have flights that are geared towards people with disabilities. I am investigating into which airports around the world are best suited for people with disabilities. This is a bit of an issue and definitely difficult in countries that do not have the same standards of accommodation for people with disabilities. Lifting a woman onto the plane is pretty remarkable, and I think it would take the friendliness and work ethic of a country like Zimbabwe (and yes, for those who haven’t been the Zimbabwe people are very friendly to visitors) to do something like this. On the flip side, I have watched security agents make a poor woman in a wheelchair get up (they had people lift her) so that they could check under her seat for anything “suspicious”. I understand the safety concern, but I felt bad. It amazes me that they now have a full service airline exclusively for pets and cannot have flights that are geared towards people with disabilities. I am investigating into which airports around the world are best suited for people with disabilities.

]]> http://chimera-travel.com/blog/2009/10/13/must-have-amenities/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 wordgathering Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:31:41 +0000 http://chimera-travel.com/blog/?p=183#comment-1519 Naturally, I am always interested in what airports how airports provide for people with disabilities. My favorite was the Victoria Falls Airport in Zimbabwe where a woman was wheeled out to the plane and the crew literally came out and carried her up the stairs into the plane. Naturally, I am always interested in what airports how airports provide for people with disabilities. My favorite was the Victoria Falls Airport in Zimbabwe where a woman was wheeled out to the plane and the crew literally came out and carried her up the stairs into the plane.

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