CAN IT AVOID TURBULENCE?
At the end of 2024, the DOT released additional disability-positive rules that went into effect in January 2025, such as:
- Codifying that airline actions that
result in a “heightened risk of bodily injury, which may include loss or
damage to wheelchairs and other assistive devices that result in bodily
injury,” violate the rights of passengers with disabilities
- Stating that personnel and boarding
chairs must be ready to assist passengers no later than when other
passengers have left the aircraft
- Requiring airline workers and contractors
to get enhanced training on wheelchair disassembly and reassembly, proper
wheelchair loading and securement, and safe and dignified passenger
transfer assistance
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