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From: Stew.Bowden@p0.f6.n377.z1.fidonet.org (Stew Bowden)
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Subject: Re: Airline Practices
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Date: 15 May 91 17:06:47 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 MP> Actually, I've never had an incident involving an exit row.
 MP> However, I feel that if they are going to let people
 MP> sit there who are drinking on board, or people they
Mika: how could you know that they just take blind persons out? Also
how do you know that drunks, or mentally retarded people are allowed
to sit in exit rows? In most of my experiences, the crew sat in the
door exit rows, and I have sat in many exit window rows myself.
 MP> before, I feel the airlines to a large part treat
Mika: on this point, shouldn't you be a bit more understanding? Are
you expecting people in the travel industry to know all there is to
know about blindness? When they ask if you wish to be preboarded, or
if you need assistance, all you need do is to say no thank you.
 MP> Do you agree with this at all, and have you had

 MP> Just curous on your thoughts.

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