Air carriers are still failing people with disabilities

Re:Air carriers are still failing people with disabilities by caseysoftware on Thursday May 11, 2017 @12:00PM (#14317066)

Which gets at the real question.. what is the scanner actually checking?

From the numerous comments here, it's not matching the boarding pass to the flight or gate. Is it just boarding group? Is it that "yes, this is a valid ticket" or something else entirely?

Seems like an easy way to "disappear" - basically book a fight going somewhere, look around until you find a flight with open seats (Southwest would be best as no assigned seating), and then... poof?

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Re:Air carriers are still failing people with disabilities by stinky613 on Thursday May 11, 2017 @01:17PM (#14317707)

> Which gets at the real question.. what is the scanner actually checking?

That's the question that's been nagging me since the day I read about this particular mistake. I wonder if there are any active public subreddits of airline workers; somewhere where I could hear a first-hand account of what those scanners are checking.

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Re:Air carriers are still failing people with disabilities by dzdt on Thursday May 11, 2017 @12:35PM (#14317343)

Cabin crew is supposed to do a headcount as well, so there is a good chance you get booted at that point.

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