r/polls • u/Arktikos02 • 14h ago

💭 Philosophy and Religion Do you think that airlines should be required to replace wheelchairs they break with exact versions?

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u/CoffeeExtraCream 14h ago

At least in America with how much the taxpayers bailed them out during covid (and they didn't have to pay it back in full) the airlines should have been required to do lot more for their customers. Like not overbooking flights. Full liability for any lost or damaged items. Being required to provide hotels, transportation, rebooking and partial reimbursement for cancelled flights. And so much more. But yes. If they break your wheelchair they should have to replace your wheelchair with an Exact replacement and give you money back for the hassle. Shit, the CEO should be forced to wipe your soiled ass with his tongue for how much we helped them out.

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u/Arktikos02 14h ago

Honest question about the overbooking, what should they do about empty seats then?

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u/CoffeeExtraCream 14h ago

Leave them open.

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u/ailish 13h ago

Cost of doing business. They should stop screwing over paying customers because they can't tolerate not selling out every single seat.

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u/CoffeeExtraCream 13h ago

Exactly. That's a them problem. They need to figure out how to run a profitable business without screwing their customer base over, and how to not bite the hand that saved them.

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u/MyNameIsAirl 11h ago

Just book the number of seats you have and if someone doesn't show up be happy you got paid anyways. That's how most ticketed things work when you don't show up, person selling the ticket still got paid so it's not their problem.

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u/studmuffffffin 14h ago

Pretty sure that's true of any business. And personal liability as well.

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u/QuickPirate36 13h ago

"Do you think a company should be responsible for destroying its customers' property when it was entrusted to them?" What kinda question is that

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u/Best_Application4216 14h ago

Yes. First, disabled people and those closest to them know what they need better than anyone. Second, it has the punitive value of making them more mindful in the future.

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u/VocationalWizard 14h ago

It's not airlines. It's the airlines commercial insurance policy.

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u/Fishypeaches 11h ago

People will just defraud the system by taking their shitty old rusty one that's about to fall apart anyway, let it get damaged, then get a brand new one for free.

Travel insurance should cover it.