Flying Across the Ocean with a Wheelchair and Service Dog (Episode 10)
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- We document our flight from Toronto to London!
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I love this so much you life is so amazing I live in England and I would love to meet you guys one days your incredible
So glad you loved it! We love England for many reasons, particularly it's accessibly. I'm sure we'll be back someday, but we need some time to recover first!
I don't think dog's ears can pop, and great video.
Now I don't think so either, but I had read that somewhere and was worried about it. My worries also stemmed from the fact that my ears pop, and its very painful, every time I fly, and it's one of the reasons I hate flying myself, so maybe I was just projecting.
Hi guys, very nice video. Amazing dog. We have service dog too, very small one. Is it hard to make documents for dog to go to UK ? please share this information, we are thinking to go to UK , so we got to prepare some documents for our dog.
Hi there. Glad you liked the video. We made a whole video about the steps we took to bring the dog to the UK, you can watch it here: ua-cam.com/video/2dphHJsdgm4/v-deo.html
I honestly don't know why at this point in time ALL airplanes are not made so that passengers in wheelchairs can board and remain in their own chairs! We can equip all buses to do so but it's somehow an impossible feet for the airlines? I get that there are rules and regulations but how do you think those were made? They were established by the airlines...
I've always wanted to travel by plane I am also confined to a power chair but I've heard so many conflicting stories about traveling with a power chair I am extremely reliant on my chair for my Independence and my chair is brand new could you share with me some of your experiences with traveling with Tim's chair does it land in one piece is there things I need to know about as far as traveling with my chair cuz not much of my chair breaks down will it fit on the plane as is if it would do better to email me just let me know
PS fantastic video thanks for sharing
To be honest, traveling by plane with a power chair is always a gamble. Lots of times you could travel without any problem, but it is always a gamble that there will be a problem. Most of the power wheelchair users we know have had a problem at some point.
As far as tips, the best thing is to double check everything a million times before you show up for your flight (even if you have set everything up months in advance, call again the day before to double check that they know you are coming). Remove everything from the chair that you can (like headrest etc.) and bring it into the cabin with you (if you are traveling alone, insist that the airline staff do this for you, even if it seems like they are hurrying you along). And talk to everyone you meet, and especially the people taking you chair away and stress to them how important the chair is.
Besides this there is not much you can do but hope it will be fine. Have a back up plan if the chair is not fine. This might involve mustering up your advocacy skills and demanding what you need from the airline ( i.e. them paying for repairs, having an employee accompany you through the airport, or demanding they cover the cost of an immediate flight home if your chair is beyond usable once you get to your destination) . Also try to research the best airlines for wheelchair transport. As an example, we have found that Air Transat is fantastic, but they only do trans--Atlantic flights. We've heard more horror stories from Air Canada and United.
We certainly don't mean to scare you. If you want to travel, do it, you have that right like everyone else, but ya, you do have to be prepared for problems. Being prepared for all possible outcomes is the best strategy going in.