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To: combjelly who wrote (263789)	12/8/2005 1:03:27 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577451

RE: "But they didn't have any choice" I disagree. While I agree with you the situation is challenging, if the report is true stating the wife was shouting to inform everyone he was suffering from a mental illness, the airline stewardesses or Feds could have asked her a quick question about it - how long does it take to ask the wife a question? Maybe 1 second. Meanwhile, they made the passengers wait for an entire hour on a plane they felt may have had a bomb. On a separate note, if the airline policy is going to be "shoot anyone that says they have a bomb", they certainly had better have a system in place that requires the Airline Escort (that escorts handicapped people onto planes) to pass along this information to airline stewards so they are properly informed if a flyer has a mental handicap. For example, currently there is no way that I can inform an airline steward if my sister is mentally retarded -- the airline only informs the Airline Escort (and the escort only takes handicapped people to the plane), they are not obligated by law to inform the stewards (even if the relatives want them to know) that the person is handicapped so the handicapped do not have the rights they deserve - they have a right to fly too so the law needs to change. This incident has other repercssions: ----------------------------------------------------------- I had called the airlines to see about having my mentally retarded sister fly to Calif for a visit, where the airline provides escorting, but after reading about this incident I'm not sure I'd trust the airlines to handle the mentally handicapped. While his bipolar illness is completely different than mental retardation, would you put your mentally retarded sister on a plane knowing that the govt would murder her if she jokingly says she has a bomb? How am I suppose to know whether or not she would say something foolish like that or not? It certainly isn't worth the risk of her life. There is no way a person can ensure the airline stewards are properly informed when a customer is handicapped - this is where a law needs to be created to ensure this can be done. The guy's wife was protectively saying "my husband", no different than how I would protectively say "my sister." This is a disgusting incident that should not be accepted.