[blindlaw] accessibility of airline websites

[Mike Freeman]

Thank you.

Mike

On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Rod Alcidonis wrote:

> I Used American with no problem.
>
> Rod Alcidonis
> Phone: 718-704-4651
> E-mail: roddj12 at comcast.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of McCarthy, Jim
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 9:11 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] accessibility of airline websites
>
> Perhaps I missed it, but I am not aware that there was a suit against US
> Air.  I think there was some talk of including American Airlines in the
> Southwest suit, which as most know was poorly managed.  The NFB introduced a
> resolution at our 2005 convention in Louisville that criticized the practice
> of many air lines of assessing an additional  charge for tickets purchased
> by phone.  The justification for that was that when web sites of airlines
> are not accessible, the phone is a reasonable option.  I must confess that
> it surprised me, but that resolution did not pass.  Southwest now has a
> pretty accessible web site, and I know that Airtran is also quite usable.
> The last I actually tried American, it was not good, though that has been a
> while ago so, though I doubt it, they could have made positive changes.  It
> appears clear though from Stephanie's concerns that they are still hard to
> use.
> Jim McCarthy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
> Behalf Of Stephanie Ortoleva
> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 9:30 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List; blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blindlaw] accessibility of airline websites
>
>
> Can someone refresh my recollection as to what  happened in the lawsuit
> against US Air regarding the inaccessibility of their website?  I just had
> a similar rather frustrating experience with American Airlines.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Stephanie
>
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