Thalidomide ... this woman has probably made a comfortable living off lawsuits. She needs to suck it up and get over it.
That's one of the more callous things I've read on FR lately.
You don't know anything about this woman or her lawsuit history.
I happen to have known a woman born without arms due to Thalidomide given to her mother during pregnancy, and she has "sucked it up" really well. She can eat, write, dress and drive using only her feet. She leads an almost entirely independent life, and is a wife and mother. As far as I know, she has never filed even one lawsuit, not even against the pharmaceutical maker or doctor whose unwitting actions led to her condition.
I'm as anti-lawyer as anyone you'll ever meet. But I must say, if my acquaintance were treated as the woman in this story was allegedly treated, I would certainly support her suing the airline.
-ccm
Doubt it, that was a long time ago.
Hey jojo:
Tell you what, why don't you tell all of us just how much money you would accept to have both arms & both legs cut off?
You have no idea whether this poor woman even got a dime from settlements, but you sure can insult her.
Now for a comment on Air France:
There very well may be a regulation that a person who is too disabled to evacuate the aircraft in an emergency can not fly without a helper. In a real emergency, the crew would have to make a choice between helping this one individual or helping the rest of the passengers get out.
My son is getting ready for bed and I muttered, "These FReepers are awful!"
He says, "Why?"
I begin, "OK. This woman has no arms or legs..."
He looks at me very seriously and slowly (pronouncing every syllable) says, "Do-they-have-an-y-pic-tures? Because if they don't I-don't-care. I'm tired and I-am-go-ing-to-bed."