Splitting hairs. The bottom line is that the gate agent had reservations about putting a passenger on a flight where a timely emergency landing would not be possible if something were to happen. It wasn't something done out of malice or discrimination.

I can only speak from my experience. All the airline wanted was a note on proper letterhead stating that the patient was currently being treated for "x" and that prior to traveling had been examined by a physician who certified the patient fit to fly. It wasn't difficult at all.

Sweetie, you need to expand your vocabulary. Your overuse of fuck indicates that you're not ready to sit at the adult table.

I'm glad to hear that more balanced reporting has been done on this story. You make an excellent point about calling attention to a little known policy. Hopefully the result is better handling by airlines and more prepared passengers.

In other words, you're so full of your own opinion that facts, reasoning, and logic have no place in a discussion with you on this topic. An opinion is not "right" (or wrong for that matter) by the way.

I have never nor do I currently work for any airline. I'm disgusting and an asshole because I have reasonably good critical thinking skills and common sense? I'd rather be an asshole than the person who takes everything at face value and is too lazy to dig a little deeper when I see the media presenting only one…

Yes, fit to fly notes or certificates are provided by physicians for lots of things as a way of assuring airlines that they are certain flying will not exacerbate a condition. Pregnant women know this drill since its not recommended that they fly after a certain point. My MIL just had to postpone a trip due to eye…

I don't know. I think this is a simple case of a traveler with special circumstances who didn't practice "know before you go". She feels wronged and humiliated, but the airline made the decision it did and refunded her fare in full, paid for her family's overnight accommodations, and apologized. They acted, I…

I've had the pleasure of knowing many pilots, flight attendants, airline mechanics and engineers. These are the people that make up the airlines you so clearly despise. They are good people and they take their jobs and the safety of passengers seriously. You're entitled to your opinion, but you're painting with a…

I think somebody else has already covered this pretty well and extensively with you. "She clearly feels fine" is your opinion. You were not there, you can not gauge whether she really felt fine or was just saying so, and you're not the one who's going to get blamed if something goes wrong on a lengthy flight that…

That last paragraph. Very, very, very well stated.

You've missed the point entirely. She stated she was feeling weak. She is currently undergoing treatment for cancer. A fit to fly note is not uncommon in this situation. My mother in law just got grounded after eye surgery. When my own mother was undergoing chemo she was denied such a note from her oncologist. …

No, but I clearly have a better handle on this than you. I have had to go through the process of requesting a note from an oncologist for a cancer patient for fit to fly. My former career put me in contact with civilian, private, and military pilots regularly. My dad worked for the Federal Department of…

That makes zero sense. Please read what you wrote again and tell me it does. This is not a case where somebody was discriminated against in which case equal treatment would matter.

Are you an expert in aviation law? And are you serious? Everything is a potential liability these days. They don't have to ban her, but they had concerns about her well being and exercised their right to do so.

No, my reading comprehension skills aren't lacking.

It's very unclear where passenger responsibility begins and airline responsibility ends. In this case, I'm looking at everyone. Did the Sedway's contact the airline ahead of time to make sure her documentation was sufficient? Did her oncologist honestly think an email that didn't state without question that she was…

Whaaaaat? What does being contagious have to with anything? Of course she's not contagious, she has cancer.

You misunderstood me, I meant nobody caused her to be stranded. She was stranded because her documentation was insufficient.

Nobody stranded her. Nobody acted with malice. She could have reached out to her oncologist. So could the airline. Perhaps one party or both tried and weren't able to reach him before the flight took off.