Washington, Oct. 23 -- Representative Tom Kean, Jr. issued the following press release:
On Wednesday, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) wrote to the Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, Administrator of theFederal Aviation Administration Bryan Bedford, and five major airline CEOs urging them to take steps toward the deployment of systems in their airline fleets to allow wheelchair users safe access to air travel.
Current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations require wheelchair users to transfer out of their wheelchairs into a standard passenger seat and stow their wheelchairs onboard. Wheelchair users often find their expensive and essential wheelchairs damaged after being in the cargo hold leaving them with limited mobili...