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As the Starmer case vs BA showed, when equality legislation comes into play the airline better have had its policies in place before hand.
At the end of the day, the disabled pax may have had "carers" but those people are not trained in B738 evac and are themselves the responsibility of the airline.
FR would NOT have been able to say "they had people looking after them" if there were casualties post-evac and the matter was before the civil courts and a baying press was roaring "FR leaves blind pax to die" from the top of page 1.
here are regulations regarding the number of FAs on passenger airliners - can anyone say to what extent they are based on evac requirements, and what assumptions are made regarding pax disability?