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Disability Law Index - Air Carrier Access Act: Boarding, Deplaning, and Connecting Assistance
14 C.F.R. § 382.91 What assistance must carriers provide to passengers with a disability in moving within the terminal?
(c) As a carrier at a U.S. airport, you must, on request, in cooperation with the airport operator, provide for escorting a passenger with a service animal to an animal relief area provided under § 382.51(a)(5) of this Part.
14 C.F.R. § 382.93 Must carriers offer preboarding to passengers with a disability?
As a carrier, you must offer preboarding to passengers with a disability who self-identify at the gate as
needing additional time or assistance to board, stow accessibility equipment, or be seated.
14 C.F.R. § 382. 95 What are carriers’ general obligations with respect to boarding and deplaning assistance?
14 C.F.R. § 382.97 To which aircraft does the requirement to provide boarding and deplaning assistance through the use of lifts apply?
(b) The following 19-seat capacity aircraft models: the Fairchild Metro, the Jetstream 31 and 32, the Beech 1900 (C and D models), and the Embraer EMB– 120;
(c) Any other aircraft model determined by the Department of Transportation to be unsuitable for boarding and deplaning assistance by lift, ramp, or other suitable device. The Department will make such a determination if it concludes that—
14 C.F.R. § 382.99 What agreements must carriers have with the airports they serve?
(a) As a carrier, you must negotiate in good faith with the airport operator of each U.S. airport described in § 382.95(b) to ensure the provision of lifts for boarding and deplaning where level-entry loading bridges are not available.
(c) For foreign carriers, the agreement with a U.S. airport must provide that all actions necessary to ensure accessible boarding and deplaning for passengers with a disability are completed as soon as practicable, but no later than May 13, 2010.
14 C.F.R. § 382.101 What other boarding and deplaning assistance must carriers provide?
(c) You are using an aircraft subject to an exception from the lift boarding and deplaning assistance requirements under § 382.97 (a)–(c) of this subpart;
(d) The deadlines established in § 382.99(c) have not yet passed; and (e) Circumstances beyond your control (e.g., unusually severe weather; unexpected mechanical problems) prevent the use of a lift.
14 C.F.R. § 382.103 May a carrier leave a passenger unattended in a wheelchair or other device?
14 C.F.R. § 382.105 What is the responsibility of carriers at foreign airports at which airport operators have responsibility for enplaning, deplaning, and connecting assistance?
At a foreign airport at which enplaning, deplaning, or connecting assistance is provided by the airport
operator, rather than by carriers, as a carrier you may rely on the services provided by the airport operator to meet the requirements of this subpart. If the services provided by the airport operator are not sufficient to meet the requirements of this subpart, you must supplement the airport operator’s services to ensure that these requirements are met. If you believe you are precluded by law from supplementing the airport operator’s services, you may apply for a conflict of laws waiver under § 382.9 of this Part.
Adiutori v. Sky Harbor Intern. Airport, 880 F.Supp. 696 (D. Ariz. 1995).
Plaintiff did not establish how a five to ten minute wait for a wheelchair violated the ACAA, especially since there was no evidence that the plaintiff had suffered any adverse consequences.
There was no ACAA violation when plaintiff waited without a wheelchair for a shuttle bus and had no assistance in boarding the bus because he did not request assistance and refused help boarding the bus when offered. The record established that the plaintiff requested (or had requested on his behalf) only that a wheelchair be available for his use in deplaning and that he requested wheelchair assistance after exiting the shuttle bus.
Rowley v. American Airlines, 885 F.Supp. 1406 (D. Or. 1995).
Even though the plaintiff had a traveling companion that could have seeked assistance on her behalf, that situation did not absolve American Airlines's duty of not leaving the plaintiff unattended in a lounge chair in which she was not independently mobile for more than 30 minutes.
Formal Complaint Air Carrier Access Act 49 U.S.C. Section 41705 :
Southwest Airlines' (SWA) failure to modify its "Unaccompanied Minor'' policy forms the main basis for this Complaint. Complainant contends, however, that SWA has violated other provisions of the ACAA. In the past, SWA personnel have suggested that Kyle be required to fly with an attendant. The ACAA and its implementing regulations forbid, except in circumstances not present in this case, an air carrier from requiring that a person with a disability fly only with an attendant. See 14 C.F.R. 5382.35. Complainant anticipates that SWA will argue that he requires an attendant to safely fly. This argument is not supported in fact or in law.