Advocates and Air Canada's CEO are serving up opposing views of accessibility in the country's aviation system.
Ground crew prepare an Air Canada plane for a flight at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Friday, Dec. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Under a three-year plan, Air Canada has pledged to roll out measures that range from establishing a customer accessibility director -- now in place -- to requiring annual training for its 10,000 front-line staff.But disability rights advocate David Lepofsky says the complaint statistics fail to reflect the experience of many people living with disabilities, who sometimes wait unassisted for hours or have to instruct employees on how to guide them.
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