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Originally Posted by smalik2
does US air or united allow her to travel one hour flight 30 days before expected due date?
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Originally Posted by Google search - pregnancy flight restrictions site:united.com
Guidelines for pregnant travelers
Passengers traveling in their ninth month of pregnancy must have an obstetrician’s certificate dated within 24 to 72 hours prior to their flight departure.
The certificate must state:
* The passenger has been examined by an OB and is physically fit to travel by air
* Departure and arrival destinations and dates
* The estimated birth date of the baby
Originally Posted by Google search at USAirways.com - pregnancy
Pregnancy, children & infants
Traveling during pregnancy
Any person who is pregnant and expecting delivery within 7 days may not fly unless the passenger provides a doctor's certificate dated within 72 hours of departure stating that the doctor has examined and found the passenger to be physically fit for air transportation.
Isn't there a law that forbids discrimination against a pregnant woman?
No. She was not supposed to be on the flight due to pregnant. She will have to staying at home during the times. She cannot to be flying without doctor approval. She will have to staying at home to get ready new baby to be born. She & the baby will wait little bit older when they will allowed to flying with doctor approval. If the baby is 8 weeks old that they will let you flying with birth certifications.
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I would hope there was... but I would also hope it allowed appropriate "outs"...
Should a woman due to give birth in, say, a week be able to sue a skydiving/bungee jumping operator for "discrimination" in not allowing her to participate?
Extreme example there of course... but there is a point at which certain things become... perhaps "ill advised" is the term...
In any case I can't see that requirements for medical certification of fitness to fly can actually be classed as "discrimination".
Pregnancy is a temporary condition, not a disability. Women should be guided by the advice of their physicians. How would the airline know if the woman doesn't choose to disclose?
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Originally Posted by Trollkiller
This would be no more discrimination than "you must be this tall to ride this ride".
Actually, that would be not be as bad, in that "you must be this tall to ride this ride" discriminates against people who have no control over a permanent condition (short people; not children).
That being said, how can airlines enforce a ban on women expecting delivery within 7 days? Other than a woman already in labor, wouldn't it just be on the honor system?
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Pregnancy is a temporary condition, not a disability.
Actually ... the way that the word "disability" is used by the medical community, "disability" doesn't have to be a permanent condition. For example, the definition used by the World Health Organization says, in part:
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Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability
Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations. Thus disability is a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives.
So, clearly, pregnancy would qualify as a disability under the "activity limitation" or "participation restriction" clauses above.
But this is getting off-track. The important thing is ... putting an eight-month pregnant woman on an airplane may be enough of a concern that an airline would want some reassurance that this is a reasonably safe activity to undertake.
Isn't there a law that forbids discrimination against a pregnant woman? If not, there should be.
I think it is more of a matter of safety. I think it would be unreasonable to say women any at any phase of pregnancy require a note, but rather restricting to the last month (I presume this is where the highest risk is).
Personally, if it was my wife (this being dependant on me actually getting married in the first place...) I would get the doc's sign off everytime she went flying. I am no doctor, but I can imagine stuff like turbulance and low air pressure might cause more problems then they do for non-pregant folk.
Does US air allow an 8 month pregnant woman travel from Jfk to Buf.
