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Old 20th Nov 2010, 10:18
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candoo
 
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Disabled passengers

Was on an Airbus A319 last week and had a window seat, plane was full and prior to boarding was advised that in my row the aisle seat was occupied by a wheelchair dependent person who had lost the use of their legs.

This somewhat surprised me, what would the procedure be in an emergency, climb over, assist person by carrying, leap forward to the next seat?

It is a touchy subject but something just struck me as wrong about the whole seating arrangement especially as the disabled person boarded first and myself and centre seat passenger had to clamber over the person to be seated and de-plane.

Surely carriers could allocate seats more appropriately?
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