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Old Jan 2, 2009 | 2:07 pm
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gre
 
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Originally Posted by BostonHockeyGuy
I don't know about that. I was on a flight from either LAX or SFO (red-eye) to IAD and there was a elderly woman from India that was moving at a pace of one row per 5 minutes. We were delayed for about 45 minutes and she boarded towards the end. Ultimately, they got a wheelchair that fits down the aisle and took her to her seat...
And if she had gotten on first there'd have been a backup in the jetway.
Originally Posted by BostonHockeyGuy
Leaving this to GA discretion as Fastair states is, IMHO, a recipe for disaster. Nothing is more infuriating to the frequent traveler than unevenly and inconsistently applied rules and policies.
Amen brother!
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