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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I stopped paying for early boarding on southwest because they, like every airline in 2024, have hoards of not actually disabled being wheeled down in a wheelchair so they board first. I used to get a bulk head almost guaranteed with early boarding and I don’t remember the last time it was even close to available even in A1. [/quote]

Yes. WTF is up with this. I was on a flight in the Fall where we had 18 wheel chair people. Only 2 of these people needed wheelchairs to get off the plane. I just can't with these older boomers and silent gen folks.[/quote]

WTF is up with someone not knowing that many elderly people and people with health issues are able to walk short distances, but not long distances, and that standing in line, like at security, is particularly hard?  You actually didn't know this was a thing?  Do you not have elderly relatives?  [/quote]

DP.

FWIW, this is a long-standing insider joke among airline industry folks.

SWA is a laughingstock for its Jetway Jesus problem.

I've been told (but have not verified) that SWA has vastly disproportionate wheelchair requests compared to other airlines.
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Yes bigoted jokes often have long lifespans.  Saying they are the laughingstock because they handle disability issues well and so have more disabled customers is no different than calling a business a laughingstock because they have black customers or LGBTQ+ customers.[/quote]

That's certainly one possibility.

The other possibility is that a lot people are willing to feign disability to gain an advantage.

Considering that disability fraud is a $7B+/yr problem, I'm going with door #2.[/quote]

Nope, that’s like saying it’s ok to be racist towards actual black people because some white people commit fraud by checking the wrong box on their college apps.

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No, it’s really not.

It’s making fun of people who are NOT disabled and who are fraudulently pretending to be disabled to gain an unfair advantage.

This is the equivalent of anti-racism, NOT racism.

You’re not smart enough to be the morality police. Sorry.[/quote]

So, you are assuming that every elderly person who claims to have a super common age related diagnosis like arthritis, or heart disease, or interstitial lung disease, or whatever that impacts stamina and means that they can walk short distances, but can't handle the trip all the way from the door of the airport to the gate, is fraudulently pretending?  Because even if one of the people who come in a wheelchair honestly needs it, making fun of them isn't cool.  [/quote]

Not the poster you are arguing with but the only people made fun of just a little are the one who request wheelchair service to get on the plane but not to get off the plane.

We recently had to get wheelchair service through security and to the gate at Dulles because that is a lot of walking but once we got to gate we let the wheelchair go because our traveler could walk down the jetway unassisted.

Really curious what medical conditions make people need a wheelchair getting on the plane but not off?[/quote]

So, you requested wheelchair service to get to the plane, and then didn't use it on the jetway because you preferred to slow everyone down, rather than preboarding to make things more efficient, because your pride is more important than efficiency? And therefore people who have more sense than you should be shamed? 
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Such a weird attack. I never said we turned down preboarding and the idea that walking down the jetway slowly is going to slow the loading of the plane is a pretty bizarre understanding on how things work.

My point was just that being able to walk short distances but not long distances doesn’t explain needing a wheelchair to board but not to disembark. [/quote]

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