MDA has made their recent Accessible Air Travel Webinar available on YouTube, with automatic captions. Look out below:
Month: August 2017
Accessible air travel webinar
Join MDA, Southwest Airlines, and Alaska Airlines on Thursday, Aug. 10, at 3 p.m. EST for a one-hour webinar about accessible air travel. This webinar is a continuation of MDA’s collaborative efforts to help improve access to air travel for passengers living with disabilities. Join us to discuss traveling with a disability and to explore ways to help eliminate barriers to access. There will be a question and answer session during the last portion of the webinar. If you a have a question you would like to submit in advance of the webinar, please send your question to advocacy@mdausa.org.
FAA Reauthorization
Both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate have introduced their versions of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill for 2018, which funds the FAA and
its operations. The Senate bill includes all four disability provisions contained in last year’s bill:
- Study the use of in-cabin wheelchair restraint systems;
- Identify best practices in airport accessibility;
- Examine training policies regarding assistance for disabled air travelers; and
- Create an advisory committee with diverse stakeholders to investigate and report to Congress on the needs of passengers with disabilities.
The current House bill includes three provisions that would establish an advisory committee, identify best practice standards in airport accessibility and training policies, and undertake a study on use of in-cabin wheelchair restraint systems. Stay tuned for action alerts and updated information on how you can engage with your members of Congress to share why access to air travel is important to you and to support all of the disability focused provisions.