Originally Posted by
SDF_Traveler
Assuming I don't postpone, a couple questions not related to security:
One of my flights is on a CRJ and will not have any type of jet bridge in my arrival city. I'm not quite sure I can make it down the CRJ stairs with crutches.
Is it airline SOP to use an "Aisle Chair" and then somehow slide or carry the chair down the steps??
Sorry to hear of your injury. Good luck with TSA - the best advice I can offer is to stick to your guns about not standing up.
By all means request a wheelchair (in advance) and either request that they meet you where you are dropped off (assuming you're not driving!) or ask as soon as you get to the check-in counter.
Re the CRJ - when you call the airline to request the wheelchair, explain the situation. There are different categories for wheelchair assistance from, for example, quadriplegic (at one extreme) to "can walk short distances with crutches" or "can climb stairs" at the other. When they understand the extent of your mobility, they can describe the options for the particular aircraft/airport. Be very clear with the airline agent (and again with the wheelchair assistance when you get to the airport) about what you can
and can't do. Be conservative; I said I could walk short distances and they assumed I could climb long flights of stairs!
You should be the first to board but the last to leave the airplane. Stay in your seat until the FA confirms that there's a wheelchair ready for you.
Confirm the same information for your return flight - don't assume it will carry through.
Best of luck.