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I used to use Ryanair... until I found out how they treated wheelchair users. I'm happy for myself to be treated like a piece of meat. Not other, more vulnerabl
by Angostura 7y ago
I used to use Ryanair... until I found out how they treated wheelchair users. I'm happy for myself to be treated like a piece of meat. Not other, more vulnerable users. Screw Ryanair.
- HyperTalk2 7y agoNo one knows what you're talking about. I'll hazard a guess. Is it the SINGLE INCIDENT ONE YEAR AGO where someone broke the rules by not folding their wheelchair because they didn't know how to do it? Something that no one else has ever complained about because people typically know how to fold their own wheelchair? Something that WASN'T EVEN A PROBLEM because the woman was later able to figure it out and was rebooked to the flight the next day for free?
- juped 7y agoCan you provide details? It seems likely that this incident was overblown in the press but I'd like to know more.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoAll caps for emphasis are against the HN guidelines. What about the one incident in 2004 when they had to be taken to the High Court, on behalf of hundreds or thousands, to provide the legally required wheelchair transfers? Or the one incident where the disabled lad was left behind a day? Or the many one incidents disabled users have reported of being dropped from Ryanair flights because the airline couldn't be arsed to spend the time? Or the many single incidents of wheelchair users reporting that despite the UK and Irish court rulings Ryanair weren't allowing access to the wheelchair at the destination airports? I've never heard of the incident you mention btw, but the thousands of reports are plenty to give me a view of Ryanair were I ever to end up disabled.
- dhyft 7y agoThey already know the deal when they buy.
- slau 7y agoWhen people die from the way they let people wait, you tend to have a different vision of the whole thing than “you get what you pay for”. When you entrust care of people you love to a company, you tend to expect more than capitalism tuned to the extreme. And before you ask, yes, that’s exactly what happened to a family member of mine. “Wheelchair assistance” never showed up.
- lopmotr 7y agoWhat are wheelchair users vulnerable to besides physical assault? They can still travel just as readily as able-bodied people in planes, cars, trains, boats, etc. Neither can simply walk across the sea to another country.