US: Advocates push for greater airline accessibility
A lawsuit is seeking to force the nation’s airlines to make big changes in order to better accommodate travellers with disabilities. The suit filed this month against the US DoT accuses the agency of unlawfully delaying rules aimed at adding accessible restrooms to single-aisle airliners. In 2016, Congress directed the DoT to release rules on airplane restroom accessibility, among other issues, by July 15, 2017. However, to date, the agency has not released a rule on lavatory wheelchair access on single-aisle aircraft and the issue was recently moved to the DoT's long-term agenda. “We simply want DoT to move forward with the rulemaking process as Congress required. We have waited long enough,” said David Zurfluh, president of Paralysed Veterans of America. <br/>
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US: Advocates push for greater airline accessibility
A lawsuit is seeking to force the nation’s airlines to make big changes in order to better accommodate travellers with disabilities. The suit filed this month against the US DoT accuses the agency of unlawfully delaying rules aimed at adding accessible restrooms to single-aisle airliners. In 2016, Congress directed the DoT to release rules on airplane restroom accessibility, among other issues, by July 15, 2017. However, to date, the agency has not released a rule on lavatory wheelchair access on single-aisle aircraft and the issue was recently moved to the DoT's long-term agenda. “We simply want DoT to move forward with the rulemaking process as Congress required. We have waited long enough,” said David Zurfluh, president of Paralysed Veterans of America. <br/>
