Originally Posted by
warrens
Passengers with mobility needs are already disembarking last.
Okay, let me put it another way .... you get to board first -only- if you contacted Air Canada ahead of time for mobility assistance, and you acknowledge that you are taking that assistance for both ends of the journey.
If you request a wheelchair day-of because you're old and tired, you can board with everyone else. I appreciate being old and tired, nothing wrong with that, but that's not really a reason to board earlier.
Not an AC issue here so hopefully I do not get warned on this but last week I flew on a flight in Asia and there was a passenger who had a knee brace who was boarded first at the jetty and no one had a problem with it. But at the destination it was coaching and he pushed front of everyone shouting I have an injury and then got stuck on the steps blocking everyone else from getting down.
So I do understand why AC and most airlines board them separately.