[Arizona-students] Fw: Rights of air travelers with disabilities!

[Arielle Silverman]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AB7HW Dick Lee Chrisman" <ab7hw at cox.net>
To: "Dick Lee" <dickc at nfbarizona.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 12:56 PM
Subject: Rights of air travelers with disabilities!


> Attention:  Needed Your Increasing Awareness of  the Department’s 
> Toll-Free Hotline for Air
>
> Travelers with  Disabilities
>
> Dear Disability Rights Advocates and Friends
>
> As you may know, in August 2002, my office, the Office of the Assistant
>
> General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (Enforcement 
> Office),
>
> established a toll free number that consumers who experience disability 
> related
>
> air travel problems may use to obtain information and assistance.      ,
>
> which is  staffed from 7 am to 11 pm local time in Washington, D.C., seven 
> days a
>
> week,  provides general information to consumers about the rights of air
>
> travelers with  disabilities and assists air travelers in resolving 
> time-sensitive
>
> disability-related issues that need to be addressed in real time.
>
> Unfortunately, many members of the  public are still not aware of the 
> existence of the
>
> hotline and as a result the  hotline is not being sufficiently used.
>
> At this time, the Enforcement Office asks that you advise members of your
>
> respective organizations about the existence of an aviation consumer 
> disability
>
> toll-free hotline and encourage them to call the hotline if they should
>
> experience disability-related air service problems. The toll-free number 
> for the
>
> hotline is 1-800-778-4838 (voice) or 1-800-455-9880 (TTY).   The 
> Enforcement
>
> Office is  committed to improving the quality of air transportation for 
> people
>
> with  disabilities and believes that with your help the toll-free hotline 
> can
>
> be a  major step towards accomplishing this goal.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Samuel Podberesky
>
> Assistant General Counsel  for
>
> Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings
>
>
>
>
>