Humiliated Fearnley blasts Jetstar policy

[Stephen B]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/odd/650...lchair-policy/

So he's never ever flown before in his life? He's just made this shocking discovery now and decided to share it with the world? How did he get to Papua Nugini, and did he find it humiliating when he was forced to crawl the Kokoda Track due to it's lack of wheelchair access?

[Brad Myer]

Doesn’t every airline transfer pax into the airlines wheel chair?

How would his wheel chair fit up and down the A/C aisle?

[Krzysztof M]

And Jetstar apologized.

"Jetstar apologises to Fearnley for any embarrassment and hurt that may have been caused as it was not intended," the statement said. "Our airline's policy for a passenger in a wheelchair being transported to and from a Jetstar aircraft, in the case of a self propelled chair, is that they are transferred from their own wheelchair into a specifically designed airline wheelchair at or near the boarding gate.

Full article here:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/...ing-wheelchair