Just for information Italian regulations about disabled people say that l= ift (elevator) or finger is compulsory for embarking, makin so a flat path no barriers, no matter plane size.=0D A good aid is a small wheelchair that can pass the aircraft aisle.=0D Using external chairs or hand carrying can be very dangerous and in most time scary for the person involved. =0D =0D =0D Lucio Alfieri=0D lucio.alfieri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=0D =0D =0D -------Messaggio originale-------=0D =0D Da: Bryant Petitt=0D Data: 01/25/06 17:36:17=0D A: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=0D Oggetto: Re: airports with No jetways how do they handle pax who cant cli= mb steps?=0D =0D =2E...I remember a narrow aluminum 'chair' being used. It=0D had bars at the top and and an extended horizontal bar=0D at the bottom which enabled two agents (one above, one=0D below) to carry the PAX up the stairs. The chair was=0D narrow enough to slide down the aisle. However, often=0D the disabled Passenger was too wide to easily slide=0D down the aisle.=0D =0D Bryant Petitt=0D Cumming, GA=0D =0D --- David Mueller <dsm717@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:=0D =0D > David R wrote:=0D > > A lift similar to that used by the caterers is=0D > used. Another method is to=0D > > carry the passenger aboard.=0D >=0D > I have also seen gradually sloping ramps used, at=0D > least with smaller=0D > aircraft. The most recent example I can think of=0D > was boarding a=0D > Bombardier Q400 turboprop at Portland, OR. We had a=0D > disabled passenger=0D > so they used the ramp rather than the door's=0D > built-in stairs.=0D >=0D > --=0D > David Mueller / SAN=0D > dsm717@xxxxxxxxx=0D > www.quanterium.com www.spotterswiki.com=0D >