Amputee Suing American Airlines for Allegedly Asking Her to 'Hop' Down Aisle

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Newsweek


BY KATHERINE FUNG ON 6/16/20 AT 3:32 PM EDT

An amputee from Jerome, Idaho, has filed a suit in federal court against American Airlines and ticket portal CheapOair, saying that crew members forced her to crawl down an airplane aisle to get to the bathroom.

Tammy Spears, who had one leg amputated, was flying from Salt Lake City to Charlotte, North Carolina, last August when she needed to use the bathroom but was unable to do so because the plane did not have a wheelchair narrow enough to navigate the slim aisles.

According to the lawsuit, Spears "was directed by American's flight attendants, and other agents, to 'scoot' on the floor of the cabin."

Spears' attorney, Diane Marger Moore, told Newsweek that the airline failed to have a wheelchair on board even though Spears had notified it well in advance that she would require one during the four-hour flight.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/amputee-suing-american-airlines-allegedly-asking-her-hop-down-aisle-1511244?piano_t=1

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1. What am I not getting? Doesn't she have a prosthetic leg? How's she get on the plane?

[JackintheGreen]

2. Airport staff and airport wheelchairs

Probably left on the jetway at departure and required on the jetway upon arrival.

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3. But how did she get down the aisle to her seat?

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Airports Have Chairs For Boarding

4 wheeled narrow chairs to get people to assigned seats.
I flew a LOT for my job. I've seen them used at least a few times.
But, the airport staff takes the chair with them. It's not left on the plane.

[brush]

7. Oh, ok. I've never seen one.

[Skittles]

8. they always go ahead of other passengers

priority boarding

why couldn't some ripped young dude carry her, that's what I would have asked for

[Judi Lynn]

4. American Airlines Crew Forced Amputee Passenger to Crawl to Bathroom: Lawsuit

Tammy S. Spears

Tammy Spears is the Idaho woman who says she was dragged, pushed and ultimately forced to crawl on the floor to reach the bathroom during a cross-country American Airlines flight after crew members failed to ensure the aircraft was equipped with an aisle wheelchair, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Utah.

Spears, whose left leg was amputated below the knee in 2018, says she and her family took the necessary steps to inform American Airlines about her disability four days before the flight. In a phone interview with Heavy, Spears’ attorney, Diane Marger Moore, said the airline has never disputed her client’s claims about what happened.

But Moore explained that the airline’s representative denied that the company was legally responsible. “We are very concerned about how she was treated and how other disabled people are treated on American Airlines,” Moore said. “We do think she’s entitled to compensation for what they did to her. But in a broader sense, we want this to stop. We can’t allow our disabled people to be treated like this.” Spears and her family listed both American Airlines and CheapOAir in the lawsuit.

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Here’s what you need to know:

1. Spears Said American Airlines Recommended She Fly From Salt Lake City Because the Airport Could Best Accommodate Her Disability

More:
https://heavy.com/news/2020/06/tammy-spears/

[Drahthaardogs]

5. Because the fuckers have it so tight

A wheelchair can't navigate it. Due the shit out of them!