Originally Posted by
joshua362
Judging by the sheer number of perfectly ambulatory people with handicapped permits here on LI, I'd say the physicians are either in on the scam or don't care. I know 2 people with them that play ice hockey and run obstacle mini-marathons (and both collect worker's compensation)... It truly is a broken system.
Or signed by somebody who once drove by a physician's office?
Face it. There is absolutely nothing to be done about it. The same people willing to scam the elderly out of their savings will forge a signature on a form to limp onto an aircraft.
It's a flaw in open seating which can't be corrected short of having a GA kick each person in the shin to see if they scream. And that has other consequences.