Well today is the day when new European legislation comes into force concerning people with disabilities who wish to travel by air. No longer will it be possible for an airline with Europe to turn someone away by reason of their disability ...
Just recently there have been several well publicised instances where airlines have been very high handed in their treatment of people with disabilities, and for that reason, I welcome this legislation.
Full details can be seen here.
Only articles three and four of the regulation come into force today (26th July 2007) with the entire directive due to be in force in one year on 26th July 2008. There is a fuller explanation of the directive on the website of the European Disability Forum.
Thankfully, I have had a refusal once at the airport but have had some experience of discrimination from a well known holiday firm refusing to carry my assistance dog. Their reason? "Dogs aren't meant to fly!" Yeh, right, tell that to my dog who has accumulated over 50,000 miles in flight!
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