From: cones@aa.net
Subject: Re: air lines
Hi Pete,
On 1997-05-16 NFB-Talk@NFBnet.org said:
 PD>For those who think that the air line war was a waste of money look
 PD>at the number of blind persons employed by the Nation's air lines;
 PD>it's a very, very few.  Perhaps if we did not encounter the
 PD>attitudes among the air lines towards the seating of blind
 PD>passingers it would stand to reason that just maybe they would be
 PD>more willing to hire more blind employees. After all, if there were
 PD>possible hazards and risks involved in the seating of blind
 PD>passingers on their planes then how could we ever expect them to be
 PD>willing to hire us in numbers.  Perhaps they may think that hiring
 PD>large numbers of blind persons poses some sort ot sagfety risk of
 PD>one kind or another.  Henced  it is necessary to fight
 PD>discrimination against the blind no matter how it occurrs, whether
 PD>it involves the seating of blind passingers on the plane or getting
 PD>them to make their reservations software systems accessible so that
 PD>more jobs for blind reservations agents are created.
     I agree with you.  It is ashamed we couldn't have done more.  Why
is it when people feel the need they criticize us for fighting the
airline war as it is called, but when they have a problem they holler
discrimination hmmmmm.
     I happened to bring this to the atension of a staunch ACB member
last week when she called me and whined about how she was treated in the
airport and on her flight.  I agree with you discrimination is wrong and
if we don't fight it where it is faced why should we bother fighting it
some where else.
Walt
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