My mother is currently living with a serious heart condition and is also currently in remission from 2 different types of cancer. She looks perfectly healthy at first glance, but the fact is that she really needs help going through airports because she tires easily, so I always request assistance for her. What bothers me is when the airline employees encourage abuse. The last time my parents took a flight, I requested wheelchair assistance for my mother, but the person who checked them in requested wheelchairs for each of my parents. My father is in perfect health and needs no such assistance and when I mentioned this to the attendant, he said it's easier this way and that he often requests wheelchair assistance himself when he flies because it's faster. This was a man who looked to be in his mid-forties and in perfect health. Plus, he was an employee of the airline! It's hard to beat this problem when the employees themselves are suggesting it.

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