Originally Posted by Contract Con
It has got nothing to do with cost cutting. It is an OSH issue.
If you have ever seen two 55kg F/A's trying to lift a 100kg pax into a wheelchair, you know what I mean.
Considering that check in baggage is limited to 32KGS (?) or it gets sent through special handling. And that's on terra firma... what's it going to be like struggling with a disabled passenger in a confined space in turbulance?
This time I'm on the airline's side as they are protecting their staff. Some of the things F/As HAVE to do for disabled passengers are not covered in the operations manual or workplace agreements. All F/As are not trained nurses. Sure, we all do what we can out of compassion... but what happens when things go wrong in this ever increasingly litigation mad society?