Goodday From Japan, joined May 2005, 55 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day ago) and read 1681 times:
This is about airports in Japan. Almost all boarding bridge of all airports here are for aircraft size of 737/MD87 and or above.
For boarding and deplane of CRJ SAAB340 DHC8-Q400, usually passenger use stairs buit in the aircraft. Only limited number of airports have lift car for wheelchair passengers. In many cases specially at smaller airports, we have no way but to ask wheelchair passengers to put their arms around airline ground staff and airline ground staff take their legs. Do you have better way of carrying wheel chair passengers at your airports?
Zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 4740 posts, RR: 13 Reply 1, posted (7 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day ago) and read 1660 times:
When I was a kid back in the mid 60s, my parents took me to BAL which of course is now BWI. On the ramp was an Eastern Airlines Electra with the then new hockey stick livery. Electras at least out of BWI still used air stairs. I remember watching with my little sister, the Captain and First Officer carry the passenger while still sitting in their wheelchair. One picked up the foot supports, the other held the handles. Flash forward to the 21st. century. For asile chair passengers, we use this technique however, we just have to negotiate the jetway in and out of the plane. Then while still at the base of the jet way, we transfer the passenger to either a conventional wheelchair or, their scooter.
DEVILFISH From Philippines, joined Jan 2006, 4449 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (7 years 1 month 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1622 times:
This is understandable for an airport in a poor country. However, for a nation that is so rich and which has come up with all sorts of modern conveniences, lacking such equipment is unacceptable, even at small airports.
TheSorcerer From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2005, 1047 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 month 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1617 times:
When i was flying on an LH flight LHR-DUS there was an elderly woman in a wheelchair, they made her walk up the stairs with a ground staff person right behind her in case she fell, that's all i saw , i couldn't see her when she was inside the A/C.
Dominic
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ATCT From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 2044 posts, RR: 40 Reply 4, posted (7 years 1 month 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1600 times:
At Delta in pittsburgh, for our CRJ's (If we didnt use the jetway) we had a little wheel-chair lift that you could place the person in the wheelchair and the attendant (f/a, gate agent, ramp agent, whoever) inside and then wheel up to the plane, then the little stand would hydraulically lift up, and then you could wheel into the plane.
ATCT
(we use a similar thing at RegionsAir)
Real pilots fly planes that take and measure oil in gallons
T prop From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 996 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (7 years 1 month 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 1541 times:
In the US a law went into effect Dec 4 2002 requiring all (part 121?) airlines, not just commuters, to load persons with reduced mobility in a dignified manner. This means you dont go call a few people to carry the person up the airstair, you need a wheelchair lift. There is an advisory circular on this equipment here that deals with it. I'm surprised that a country like Japan does not have a requirement like this also.
The Dash 8 Q400 aircraft also have an aisle wheelchair stored onboard in the fwd wardrobe.
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