A man who attempted to board a Porter Airlines flight at the Calgary airport on Sunday is calling for clearer disability policies for airlines, after he was told he could not board the aircraft with his power chair.
Ken Harrower, who was flying out of Calgary bound for Toronto, said he was approached by the flight’s pilot prior to boarding and told that he could not board the flight with his power chair because of the batteries it uses.
“[He] asked me … ‘can the batteries be disconnected?’ I told him no. And then … he said I am a dangerous threat, then he walked away and left us
