Originally Posted by
bluemoon68
They don''t offer 'free pick' to anyone who isn't registered disabled, but who could not manage to climb over another passenger's legs. Their only option, should they be assigned a non-aisle seat, would be to disturb the other passenger.
There is no such thing as 'registered disabled' anymore. That term is a throwback to the old 'Green Card' system under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, which was repealed upon the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, which has since been subsumed into The Equality Act 2010 (end of social history lesson!).
Providing one has a physical or mental impairment that has a 'substantial' and 'long-term' negative effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, then they are classed as 'disabled' under the Equality Act 2010.
Equality Act 2010