Comments on: Worst Airline Luggage Decision http://www.titanicawards.com/2009/12/03/worst-airline-luggage-decision/ Celebrating the Dubious Achievements of Travel Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:34:54 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gonecanuck http://www.titanicawards.com/2009/12/03/worst-airline-luggage-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Gonecanuck Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:24:45 +0000 http://www.titanicawards.com/?p=1749#comment-813 This caption creates an image of a gate agent kicking this guy out of his chair onto the floor. A more complete telling of the story in The Age reads as follows: "Fearnley, a wheelchair-marathon champion who last week completed the Kokoda Track on his knees, says he chose to crawl through Brisbane Airport rather than use an unsuitable chair offered by the airline." Far be it for me to defend an airline, but they didn't, by any means FORCE him to crawl through the airport. They were following SOP, with which he took exception. This caption creates an image of a gate agent kicking this guy out of his chair onto the floor. A more complete telling of the story in The Age reads as follows:

“Fearnley, a wheelchair-marathon champion who last week completed the Kokoda Track on his knees, says he chose to crawl through Brisbane Airport rather than use an unsuitable chair offered by the airline.”

Far be it for me to defend an airline, but they didn’t, by any means FORCE him to crawl through the airport. They were following SOP, with which he took exception.

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