If I only had a dollar for every time I have sent an ACARS to QF dispatch saying "pax whlchr in bulk hold...pls bring to dr". Translation for the bloody ignorant: "we have a passenger's personal wheelchair loaded in the bulk hold. Could you please unload immediately on arrival and bring to aircraft door at aerobridge".
Well if you were in Sydney you'd have made maybe $10 in the last 3 months! and that is for EVERY airline, not just QF. And a few more dollars if you included the requests for "aisle" chairs from the terminal.
WH/CH 02 UN/MNR 00
1 AISLE CHAIR PLS. AL
SO INF ENG THE LEAK I
N F GALLEY NEED ATN
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WHLCHR 06 / MED
ASST MINORS PEJ
SICK N
SI GOOD A/C
6 WCH IN HOLD
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WHLCHR 02 / MED
ASST MINORS PAX
SICK N
SI 1 AISLE WCR. BOTH PAX
HAVE WCHR IN HOLD.
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HI ADL 01 AISLE Cl`hR
NEEDED PLSE + 1 WLCHR
IN HOLD. C YOU SOON
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WH/CH 01 UN/MNR 00
GDAY. 1 AISLE CHR AND
PAX CHR IN HOLD PLS.
ALSO GND PWR AND AIR
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WHLCHR 01 /00MED
ASST 00MINORS 00PAX
SICK N
SI GDAY. AISLE CHAIR PLS
AND PAX WCHR IN HOLD.
THANKS
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ARI
SYD ETAB 06:10
WH/CH 02 UN/MNR 01
HOLDING... DOH...
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WHLCHR 03 / MED
ASST MINORS PAX
SICK N
SI 1 PEOPLE MOVER
1NWC
2 WC 1 IN HOLD
A/C OK
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WHLCHR 03 / MED
ASST MINORS PAX
SICK N
SI 1/W/C PAX NEEDS AISLE
W/C AND OWN W/C FROM
HOLD
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WHLCHR 02 / MED
ASST MINORS PAX
SICK N
SI REQ AISLE CHAIRS
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WHLCHR 02 / MED
ASST MINORS PAX
SICK N
SI 1 ISLE CHAIR PLS
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NEED 1 ISLE CHAIR. ALS
K10Y/P.
NOW DELAYED ETA 0 20
NOW NEED M/A
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WHEEL CHAIR IN HOLD PLEA
SE BRING UP TO GATE
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WHLCHR 01 /00MED
ASST 00MINORS 00PAX
SICK N
SI GDAY. AISLE CHAIR PLS
AND PAX WCHR IN HOLD.
THANKS
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/WCHR /UMNR /MAAS N
HI AGAIN.CE HAVE AN AIS
LE CHAIR ON BOARD.
THANKS
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ASST MINORS PAX
SICK N
SI PLS HAVE AISLE CHAIR AND
WLCHR FROM HOLD. TKS
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WHLCHR 02 /00lED
ASST 00MINORS 00PAX
SICc N
SI ONE CHAIR IN BULK HOLD
PLS BRING TO FRONT DOOR.
THANKS
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BNE ETAB 20:30
WH/CH 01 UN/MNR 00
HI AISLE CHAIR PLS
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WHLCHR 02 / MED
ASST MINORS PAX
Sici N
SI01 AISLE CHAIR. OTHER CAN
WALK TO DOOR. THANKS
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WHLCHR 01 /00MED
ASST 00MINORS 00PAX
SICK N
SI CHAIR 2 DOOR + PXLE