Easyjet sued for refusing disabled
Jun 15, 2010 | 5:28 am
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Easyjet sued for refusing disabled
http://connexionfrance.com/easyjet-d...w-article.html
FRANCE'S anti-discrimination body, the Halde, has begun legal action against Easyjet for refusing a disabled passenger who was travelling alone.
Marie-Patricia Hoarau, from Fréjus in the Var, who has been paraplegic since a cycling accident 19 years ago, was made to get off an Easyjet flight from Paris to Nice in March and told she could not travel alone.
Another traveller offered to accompany her but crew reportedly refused because the two passengers had not boarded at the same time.
FRANCE'S anti-discrimination body, the Halde, has begun legal action against Easyjet for refusing a disabled passenger who was travelling alone.
Marie-Patricia Hoarau, from Fréjus in the Var, who has been paraplegic since a cycling accident 19 years ago, was made to get off an Easyjet flight from Paris to Nice in March and told she could not travel alone.
Another traveller offered to accompany her but crew reportedly refused because the two passengers had not boarded at the same time.
Jun 15, 2010 | 1:34 pm
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Reckon she doesn't have a case - EU law covers this sort of thing and the basic is that if someone can't do things like board themselves, get off the plane by themselves (including in an emergency) then they have to travel with a companion.
Checked a number of airline websites and whilst the wording isn't the same, the intent is. And it doesn't apply to just Europe
BA, Easyjet, United
Checked a number of airline websites and whilst the wording isn't the same, the intent is. And it doesn't apply to just Europe
BA, Easyjet, United
Jun 16, 2010 | 5:34 am
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You didn't answer the last point which was that Easy Jet refused to allow her to be accompanied by a stranger even though the stranger had agreed to voluntarily undertake the responsibility and the disabled passenger was fine with it.
I couldn't find the text of the law online, but here is a link to the appropriate commission's website for anyone who wants to research the matter further:
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=429
I couldn't find the text of the law online, but here is a link to the appropriate commission's website for anyone who wants to research the matter further:
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=429
Jun 17, 2010 | 4:47 am
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Then there's a problem with EU law.
Jun 20, 2010 | 3:30 am
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