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"Jetway Jesus" - More passengers faking wheelchair need, walk off plane upon landing
Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:44 pm
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Airlines have recorded a 30% yearly increase in wheelchair assistance requests at bigger airports, according to the International Air Transport Agency (AITA), a trade group representing airlines around the world, with executive offices in Geneva, Switzerland.
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The Wall Street Journal, in a piece this week about the issue, quoted a passenger who said his recent flight was delayed when 25 wheelchair passengers held up the boarding process.
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Social media users are blasting so-called "Jetway Jesus" and "miracle flight" occurrences, accusing more and more airline passengers of scamming the travel system by using wheelchairs to dodge lines and board planes early — then walking off their planes unassisted once they land at their destinations.
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/airline-passengers-jetway-jesus-miracle-flights-accused-faking-disabilities-better-boarding
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"Once the flight is over, [these travelers] leave the plane unassisted and [don't] need wheelchairs — in effect, [the] flights miraculously cure these people."
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"The airline told me that when connecting at O'Hare [in Chicago] — when you have to travel a long distance in a short amount of time — you should ask for a wheelchair."
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Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:45 pm to Shexter
I assume most of them are faking
Just like with the men
Just like with the men
Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:50 pm to Shexter
we need to crowdfund a plane ticket for owl
Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:51 pm to Shexter
Reminds me of all these 'disabled veterans' i see parking in handicap spots and a dude that looks like prime arnold Schwarzenegger gets out.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:52 pm to Shexter
There's nothing worse than a handifat who needs "assistance" getting on the plane first then waddles their way up the jet bridge with a line of people behind them because they have to stop and catch their breathe and are too fat for anyone to get around them. Especially bad when you land somewhere at altitude because their fatasses are sucking wind too.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:52 pm to Shexter
the lack of pride in people never ceases to amaze me.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:53 pm to Shexter
Unless you are in first/business class, I really don't understand the need to sit in an airplane seat even longer.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:54 pm to Shexter
I tore up my knee on vacation a few years ago. The most embarrassed I’ve been in a long time was being wheeled around a couple of airports on my way home.
I guess some people have no shame.
I guess some people have no shame.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:57 pm to BoudinChicot
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Reminds me of all these 'disabled veterans' i see parking in handicap spots and a dude that looks like prime arnold Schwarzenegger gets out.
IMO, vets should have front row parking anyway.
Some of those are mental illness and PTSD guys.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:59 pm to Shexter
My dad is 71 has had 2 lower back fusions and uses a cane when he flies, still refuses to use a wheelchair unless its international 
Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:59 pm to Ghost of Colby
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I tore up my knee on vacation a few years ago. The most embarrassed I’ve been in a long time was being wheeled around a couple of airports on my way home.
My wife broke her arm snowboarding and even after an 8 hour surgery with 3 fresh plates holding her humerus together she still made the walk to the arse end of SLC and refused the wheel chair.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 3:00 pm to Shexter
I almost started this thread the other day had 12 do this on my last flight.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 3:01 pm to Shexter
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"Jetway Jesus" - More passengers faking wheelchair need, walk off plane upon landing
So glad I break out the G800 for flights instead of flying commercial.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 3:01 pm to Shexter
The last time I was on an airplane I saw a guy argue with airline employees about early boarding for him or someone in his party due to disability. I also saw an unusual number of people with service dogs that were "designer" breed types like labradoodles who had zero training. Knocking on wood - never been on a flight that's been delayed because someone is acting up pre flight.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 3:02 pm to Shexter
This has been an issue for years and done of the reasons Southwest is going to assigned seating. Apparently every flight from NYC to Florida is slammed with this people.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 3:03 pm to BoudinChicot
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handicap spots
Hot take. If mandated - these are anti-capitalistic.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 3:06 pm to rmc
Emotional Support Dogs are the dumbest thing. Any vet can write the paperwork.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 3:07 pm to Shexter
All the people in those pictures look really old.
A lot of old folks and sick or disabled people are capable of standing up and walking a few feet, but that doesn't mean they can walk across an airport or stand for a long time.
A lot of old folks and sick or disabled people are capable of standing up and walking a few feet, but that doesn't mean they can walk across an airport or stand for a long time.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 3:07 pm to Shexter
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Emotional Support Dogs are the dumbest thing. Any vet can write the paperwork.
"Emotional support" animals haven't been allowed on flights since 2021.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 3:07 pm to rmc
Got stuck on a connecting flight out of Dallas to Memphis the day after a Historic Black Church convention, I guarantee there was not another wheel chair available in the airport that morning. I stopped counting after they rolled number 30 down the jet way while the rest of us A group watched, I was like A5 and the first row of empty seats was at the emergency exit
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