Disabled man threatened with guns by Delta

Here's another story that's been mostly ignored by the pop-up media.

Recently, a travel blogger flew from Santiago to Atlanta using Delta Airlines – and was threatened with guns by the airline. The man uses a wheelchair because of spinal muscular atrophy. The Air Carrier Access Act gave him the legal right to stay on the flight when it landed until he was given access to his own wheelchair.

Delta disrespected this right – and threatened the man. A video caught a flight attendant telling the man that the TSA would make him "get off the aircraft with all their guns and stuff."

The Air Carrier Access Act is based on a sound premise. One of the things it was designed to do is fight actions such as airlines abandoning disabled passengers for hours.

Cue the laptop bullies who will inevitably defend the airline.