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Aug 4, 2012 | Posted by: roboblogger

Oregon man's Facebook post sparks airline backlash

Full story: The Capital-Journal

BEND, Ore. - A longtime Oregon concert promoter sparked an online backlash against Alaska Airlines with a Facebook post describing what he called "the worst of humanity." Cameron Clark of Bend wrote to his Facebook friends Friday that he saw a disabled man miss a flight because numerous airline personnel refused to give him extra assistance, even ... (more)

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HumanSpirit

High Springs, FL

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Aug 5, 2012
 
Shameful. What is company policy on those who become sick or become troublesome as
a result of a disability on a flight. Do they hog them and then lock them in a restroom until a emergency landing can be accomplished and then bill the victim for the airport landing to make a few bucks for the Transit system like they did for the hotel and cab system in this boarding incident of the disabled .
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Searcy, AR

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It's sure is suspicious that the passenger was told the older man was in the late stages of Parkinson's and the employees weren't. Obviously someone's lying, and I really suspect it's the airline. A dear friend of my family died of this disease just a few years back. It's a horrible disease and they should be ashamed!

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