A graduate student who is blind had a bad experience with an airline that left her feeling like a burden. Airline staff also reportedly said people in wheelchairs try to get 'priority' status.
from Phoenix, Arizona, on Jan. 31 with her seeing eye dog, Maggie, as CBC reported.
After much waiting and having to"tag along" with airport workers pushing other passengers who use wheelchairs, she says she was taken part of the way to security, she told CBC News.who couldn't take her any further because she didn't have priority boarding status, she said. Finally, a worker pushing another passenger in a wheelchair"begrudgingly" allowed her to follow him, she said. When she finally landed in Toronto, things only got worse, she also said.Passenger Georgia Pike, from Toronto, said she was left behind by airport workers because she didn't have priority status. She is blind, has a seeing eye dog and needs assistance to navigate airports.
She was then passed off to another worker, she said, who took her to a large open space where several people in wheelchairs were also waiting.AIRLINE OUTRAGE: PASSENGER REPORTEDLY TELLS MOM IN FIRST CLASS SHE SHOULDN'T BE THERE WITH A CHILD
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