A passenger who landed at Vancouver International Airport says he almost lost his foot to a septic injury after he was left stranded on a British Airways flight for hours — and was only able to exit the plane after paramedics loaded him onto two airline food trolleys.
Geoffrey Schneiderman, 63, who has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair, says the incident left him not only with necrotic tissue in his foot, but also with lingering trauma and anxiety about confined spaces.
“It was as though it was happening to somebody else. There were parts of it, I remember, I was just closing my eyes knowing I am completely trapped,” he said.
“It was terror. It was just terror.”
British Airways has not responded to a CBC News request for an interview. Vancouver’s airport said in a statement the report is “deeply concerning” and it is investigating.
I agree with this sentiment, but that would be a whole lot easier if 99% of customers didn’t spend all their time dehumanizing the workers and acting like we’re fucking subhuman and only exist to serve them.
Kinda hard to thread that needle when you’re busy being dehumanized yourself every fucking day.
And to be fair, that’s the point, they want us all dehumanized and unable to help one another outside the corporate system.
Knowing that doesn’t make it easier though when you’re dealing with uneducated cro-magnon fuckhead customers who think they own you and bosses who essentially do own you.
Also, let’s not discount the whole “lose your job because you did the right thing” angle. That hangs over every employees head every day, all day. You’re literally disincentivized by your employers to “do the right thing” because “doing the right thing” means losing your fucking job.
And there you have it: a system set up by the bourgeoisie, knowing they’re safe counting their profits because the plebeians are too busy constantly at each others’ throats to come after them.
Maybe we should seize the means of production through continuous revolution
perhaps we should