New Delhi: If the aviation regulator DGCA has his way, airlines will have to make provisions for providing stretchers and allow guide dogs inside the cabin for passengers with reduced mobility or disability.
Indian airlines have been notoriously callous when it comes to any passenger needing special assistance. There have been complaints aplenty about blind passengers not being allowed to board, people in wheelchairs being handled by flight attendants without proper care. And there are very few known instances of trained guide dogs being allowed inside the cabin.
In a draft titled ‘Carriage by Air Persons with Disability and/or Persons with Reduced Mobility’, DGCA Arun Mishra has sought airlines’ comments on various aspects of carrying the disabled on flights. On the face of it, the DGCA has sought to make all the right provisions for air travel of the disabled. But will airlines stick to these regulations?
05/07/13 Sindhu Bhattacharya/First Post
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Indian airlines have been notoriously callous when it comes to any passenger needing special assistance. There have been complaints aplenty about blind passengers not being allowed to board, people in wheelchairs being handled by flight attendants without proper care. And there are very few known instances of trained guide dogs being allowed inside the cabin.
In a draft titled ‘Carriage by Air Persons with Disability and/or Persons with Reduced Mobility’, DGCA Arun Mishra has sought airlines’ comments on various aspects of carrying the disabled on flights. On the face of it, the DGCA has sought to make all the right provisions for air travel of the disabled. But will airlines stick to these regulations?
05/07/13 Sindhu Bhattacharya/First Post
