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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have seen many able bodied older adults requesting and using wheelchairs to get gates from check-in.  Mostly they seem to use this as a way to get through security and also not having to read or follow directions.  I think the airports and airlines should start charging a fee to use this unless they are really in need due to actual physical need.  What do you guys think?[/quote]

Regardless of whether it’s a genuine physical need or abusing the system, I don’t really understand why there isn’t an automatic cost for requiring these additional services. How is it any different from having to pay extra for a minor traveling solo or a larger person having to pay more for an extra seat?[/quote]

Because it is illegal under the ADA. You can't pass on the costs of accessibility to disabled people. Come on now. [/quote]

The accessibility clause requires that the airplanes/airports be able reasonably accommodate people requiring access via wheelchairs, etc but [b]not that they pay for the services required for someone to push said wheelchair.[/b][/quote]

+1
And the same way general populations are tired of subsidizing unhealthy lifestyles in insurance pools and hospital costs, it's going to catch up with us. Everything is always extremes until something snaps. This is why we can't have nice things.

There are people who suck down sodas, eat garbage, don't excercise and end up wheelchair bound and everyone else pays for them. 
(I know that's not the story, but that's how simplified it is to some)[/quote]

Talk about ableism!!!!

The people needing assistance at the airport are not affecting you that much, if at all.

Tell me, what would you have me do?  I can walk and stand to a certain point.  Not enough to get through the rigamarole at the airport.  I use handicapped assist with a wheelchair.   IF I am on my own, I cannot propel that wheelchair myself.  Assistance is REQUIRED.  Looking at me, other than if you see my leg braces, you would not know why I'm in that chair.

Charging for that assistance is the same as denying it.  "You can have some of the help, but you should pay for the rest so the lucky able bodied people don't get the vapors."

I really, really hope people like you end up stuck sitting in a wheelchair, with people giving you the side eye and complaining when you need help.  And I hope it's something you've done to yourself.  Have the day you deserve.[/quote]

Has your leg injury somehow migrated to your brain to diminish your reading comprehension ability? OP is commenting on people in wheelchairs who are not truly handicapped. Not you. [/quote]

Nope, OP was commenting on people she [i]thinks[/i] are not truly handicapped. HUGE difference.[/quote]

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