gary in san diego there is a shuttle called cloud nine that is accessible,
and are very knowledgable about pwd and our needs. I am not sure of their
web address, so you can do a search.

Unfortantely, you and your staff will need to instruct airport staff
continually.  Be aware that if you use an aisle chair, you may be seated
way at the back of the plane. See if you can convince the airline that your
assistants can lift you into a seat at the front of the plane. 

Good luck!
Mag 

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> [Original Message]
> From: Gary Peterson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 12/17/2006 2:12:59 PM
> Subject: Flying info needed please
>
> Hi all!!
>
> So I need some info from you frequent and not so frequent flyers
> out there. My employer (The San Andreas Regional Center)  here in
> California  is sending me to a two day conference in San Diego in
> February 07.  I don't fly even on a semi regular basis, and I
> know airline procedures have changed a whole lot since 911.  So
> below are excerpts   from two reascent Emails I sent to those in
> charge of making all our arrangements for getting to the
> conference.  Please feel free to add or expand on the questions
> and concerns I've written here.
>
> Also if you could lead me to Web Sites that specifically address
> issues regarding disabled travelers that would be helpful too.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Happy Holidays!!-Gary
>
> First Email:
> 1.  Will SARC be making my airline reservations, or should I do
> that on my own?
> 2.  If our reservations will be made via SARC, will I have a
> choice of airline?  I ask this because some airlines are better
> at dealing with my electric wheelchair and other needs then
> others.  I don't fly on any kind of a regular basis, but when I
> have I've gotten my best service from Alaska Air.
> 3.  Is it possible I would be able to fly out of San Jose airport
> instead of San Francisco?
> 4.  Once we land in San Diego, will there be some kind of
> accessible ground transportation to take us to our hotel?  I
> understand we'll be flying into San Diego on a Sunday Evening. 
> My concern is most accessible shuttle services even if they
> operate on weekends, don't operate late in the evening.  Also
> Please remember I'm not able to transfer at all from my chair to
> a shuttle seat or anything like that.  So please make sure I can
> stay in my chair.
> 5.  Is there a specific person my staff and I can contact at the
> hotel regarding issues that might come up regarding our
> accommodations?
>
> Second Email:
> So after sending him that Email, he sent me a reply saying I
> would be flying out of San Jose on South West?  If so, when you
> make my reservation, please make sure you give the airline the
> following information:
> 1.  My staff and I will need assistants from the airline getting
> me from my electric wheelchair into my seat.  We'll need the same
> kind of assistants upon landing in San Diego, as well as on both
> ends of the flight coming back.
> 2.  My staff will need to be able to sit right next to me at all
> times.
> 3.  My electric wheelchair has Gel Cell type batteries.  Please
> ask if it will be necessary to take them out of the chair before
> flying?  If yes, please ask if the airline has knowledge as to
> how to take the batteries out of my chair as well as being able
> to reinstall them back into my chair upon landing?  I will be
> more then happy to assist the airline in obtaining whatever
> technical information they need about my chair.
> 4.  I will plan to be at the airport at least two hours before my
> flight.  Given all the new security regulations, is there
> anything else I should know before arriving at the airport?
> 5.  Can you tell me if there will be a specific person I can work
> with via Email or phone to make sure this all gets done
> correctly?  As I told him, I don't fly on a regular basis, but
> there have been those times over the years when I have flown
> that one thing or another as gone horribly wrong.  Like the time
> I flu from San Francisco to Memphis Tennessee and I was told upon
> arriving in Memphis that my wheelchair had been left in San
> Francisco.  So that's why the questions I ask here are so
> specific.  So I hope all this information is of help to you in
> making all the arrangements.  Please let me know if I can be of
> any more help.
>
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