Moron Move Alert!

[beachboy]

And over in US Airways circus ring 3 you will see the removal by the end of next week of all the Electric Carts in our PHL HUB! 😱

I didn't think it was true when I heard it this morning so maybe more to the story. Three agents and two supervisors told me this morning that indeed they are going bye-bye in the next week or two. No reasons stated. For all the disabled people who fly us with tight connections, I hope you get your Smart Cart rental ready. Anyone got the scoop?

 

[Art at ISP]

Another brilliant move!! NOT....wait until one disabled person sues them for discrimination for eliminating the carts.......

It just goes from bad to worse..

 

[JS]

I say good riddance! I hate those things! The drivers are rude and 90% of the people who use them are just lazy.

Use a wheelchair if you need one.

 

[tadjr]

I say good riddance! I hate those things! The drivers are rude and 90% of the people who use them are just lazy.

Use a wheelchair if you need one.

This from the same guy who was complaining in another thread about US discriminating against the disabled? Pick a side and stick with it.
Many people have mobility problems but dont want the association with a wheelchair. The cart enables one person to transport many people instead of having to have a skycap/wheelchair for each person needing assistance. If the carts are eliminated are we getting more skycaps and wheelchairs to take up the slack?

 

[rvolkcpa]

I say good riddance! I hate those things! The drivers are rude and 90% of the people who use them are just lazy.

Use a wheelchair if you need one.

Carts are sometimes the only way for non-disabled passengers to make a connection when their inbound flight is late. This happened to us on Christmas afternoon in Charlotte.

 

[US1YFARE]

Maybe they figured they could sell them on craigslist to help pay for the first class service "enhancements" that are nowhere to be seen.

 

[BuffaloJoe]

I guess they will be using gate agents to help push the wheelchairs around. Now who will be working the gate? Oh yeah, the illegals that just applied! :down: :down: :down: :down:

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

And over in US Airways circus ring 3 you will see the removal by the end of next week of all the Electric Carts in our PHL HUB! 😱

Even US wouldn't be this stupid. Err, then again......

Please someone tell us this is not true.

 

[jerseyfinn]

Aside from the BS answer that JS posts, I don't get why US would completely discontinue the electric carts, especially at the A-West/A-east side where distances are quite considerable. There are indeed elderly folks who need these services ( speaking from experience with my 88 year old father ). Perhaps certain parts of the airport could be served with wheel chairs, but in others, it isn't practical ( or fast if time is of the essence ).

Hate to say it, but it looks like Tempe's agenda and product is not where it needs to be.

Barry

 

[usairways85]

This does not just deal with the disabled, they helped shuttle paxs coming from late domestic flts going to outbound international flts. When i waited for my SJU flt 2 months ago, i saw at least 20-30 non disabled people who were transported by these carts to TA flts.

 

[N965VJ]

I guess they will be using gate agents to help push the wheelchairs around. Now who will be working the gate?

Naw, just call a SAR.

Oh wait, they were eliminated years ago.

 

[SS255]

Is this a US decision, or a PHL airport decision?

 

[beachboy]

Good question. I would not put it past Philadelphia to so domething like this as well.

 

[JS]

This from the same guy who was complaining in another thread about US discriminating against the disabled? Pick a side and stick with it.
Many people have mobility problems but dont want the association with a wheelchair. The cart enables one person to transport many people instead of having to have a skycap/wheelchair for each person needing assistance. If the carts are eliminated are we getting more skycaps and wheelchairs to take up the slack?

Give me a break. The guy in JAX who was the victim of US' incompetence couldn't possibly use a cart.

Removing the carts is discrimination against the lazy. Big deal.

I don't buy the excuse "but people need carts to make their connections". I can run faster than those carts. That's because I'm not a lazy person.

Look at it another way -- there are lots of airports with no carts, some of them quite large such as LGA, DAL or LAX.

 

[Dog Wonder]

Removing the carts is discrimination against the lazy. Big deal.

Please explain how a person with a disability is lazy.