And OMG, they are wheelchair cheats!

Every time I visit the airport here either to see someone off or to receive someone else, I stood wondering why there are so many physically handicapped passengers checking in with the help of a wheelchair! Until I chanced upon this interesting report by Kristina Chew, I pitied them a lot, but not anymore!

Chew says this is an easy way to doge unduly waiting in notoriously long and slow-moving airport security lines. And most of those who move in the wheelchairs, are quite able-bodied! Ha, how smart!  From security and TSA screeners they are brought directly to their gate by uniformed attendants and allowed to board first at which point, some hop up, heavy bag(s) in hand and walk on.

So these people are called “wheelchair cheats”! And my god, these guys all are right and the mighty!  
What a shame!

It seems there are no closer examinations and there is no need to produce a certificate! The attendants are more than happy as they get an extra tip for kind act they did!

Chew says those in wheelchairs board planes first and disembark last. “As a result, there may be a small crowd of people in wheelchairs in the boarding area of a flight while, says the New York Times, it is not unusual to see a couple of empty chairs at the arrival gate,” writes Chew.

“I know a number of people with disabilities who indeed need wheelchairs in airports. They would much rather walk and the stories behind why they are using the chair — an amputation due to an accident, multiple sclerosis — are full of painful, tough experiences,” says Chew.

Haha! Wheelchair cheats!!