From bad to worse: United ignored TSA, refused to allow disabled man to board with mobility device

‘United Airlines has been called out for the alleged gross mistreatment of a disabled passenger.
Trey Harris, a former employee of both Google and Amazon, lives with spondylitis, a type of autoimmune spinal arthritis which makes it difficult for him to walk, requiring him to sometimes use a cane and sometimes a mobility device made by Segway.
Harris claims in a blog post that the airline refused to allow him to board a flight with his mobility scooter in spite of reassurances from US air transport authorities. UA also refused to check the scooter onto plane’s cargo hold as oversized luggage, claims Harris.
The airline is suffering a public relations nightmare of late, as it copes with the public outcry following the violent removal of a doctor and a clumsy half-apology by its CEO. And the sting in the tail, a passenger was stung last week by stowaway scorpion.’
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