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“…a flight with 25 passengers who require [wheelchairs] to board turns into an arriving flight in which only five need the service. In the airline industry, we
by fwlr 4y ago
“…a flight with 25 passengers who require [wheelchairs] to board turns into an arriving flight in which only five need the service. In the airline industry, we call these ‘Jesus flights’ because so many passengers seem to be ‘healed’ during their flight.”
Extraordinary. It reminds me of people constantly cutting in traffic to get to their destination a total of 30 seconds earlier (we are all at the mercy of traffic light cycles, buddy). Except even less sensible, since the plane only departs when everyone has boarded anyway.
- josephcsible 4y agoThey're not trying to get on the plane faster to get to their destination faster. They're doing it to get an overhead bin space, or on Southwest to get a more desirable seat.
- Kye 4y agoOccultae Veritatis episode 197 talks about invisible illness and how people who genuinely need to use a wheelchair don't necessarily always need to use one, and how that can confuse people who aren't aware. https://www.ovpod.ca/ https://www.ovpod.ca/