Originally Posted by TIMMEEEE
Besides, has anyone been to a hospital lately and seen what nurses, nuses aids and porters have to do on a regular basis?
Would you agree that these people TIMMEEEE mentions are trained for the job?
Should scheduled airlines employ guards to accompany prisoners on a flight?
If a child of a certain age is required to travel it was a requirement that a carer of some description travel with the child at the parents'/guardians' expense. I'm not talking about Unaccompanied Minors.
No airline is saying that disabled passengers/prisoners/children of a certain age cannot travel... they are just saying that if a passenger needs any assistance during/embarking/disembarking a flight a carer/guardian is needed.
This is mainly to do with OH&S and litigation. Discrimination does NOT come into it at all.
I cannot recall supermarkets providing staff to assist a disabled person to do their shopping. In the days prior to supermarkets (my days) you could count on assistance, but not now. This is not a flippant comment but a fact of life - today.