1/31/2024 0 Comments Calair airplanes![]() Social impact and lifestyle changes – Claire Claire and Luke are not always able to attend get-togethers with family and friends because their homes are not accessible.Travelling, holidays and respite – Claire Airplanes are not adequately accessible, so Claire and her husband stopped using air travel.Trying to find the right balance – Claire Claire and Luke are good at strategizing they always try to find new ways to make their lives more relaxed.So the airlines are not-or I guess they’re used to having people with disabilities fly-but our experience is that it’s always with a bit of a sigh, because it’s a lot of work for them to…and so Luke and I actually joke-since we’ve flown a few times in the last few years-if we’re just going out to pick up a friend who’s flying into town or whatever, we always joke that we’re going to just drive by the ticket counters for the airlines just to scare them a little bit. If you can buy it when you get there and it’s not going to mean life or death, it’s really okay.” And now when I hear people complain I just think, “Oh my God. I mean, I used to complain that “Oh, I forgot my bathing suit,” if I went on a trip. Because there’s many things that you really can’t forget, right? And I think that’s part of my learning and my perspective again. And when you have equipment that Luke’s life depends on like ventilation equipment and that kind of thing, packing becomes a whole new journey. And actually having specialized equipment made so that Luke had something sitting under his feet so his feet weren’t hanging, something to keep, hold his head up in the seat in the airplane. So if you use a power wheelchair and you can’t independently transfer out of your wheelchair, then the experience of trying to travel would be weeks of preparation ahead of time. Buses could be, but for some reason, we’re told airplanes “can’t make it happen”. But airplanes are not accessible and boy I wish they would be. Not much beautiful about getting on an airplane besides being able to get somewhere. “While popping popcorn on an aircraft sounds fun,” says United PR manager, Karen May, “for our customers’ safety – our number one priority – it’s not something we would do on board.Travelling, holidays and respite – ClaireĪirplanes are not adequately accessible, so Claire and her husband stopped using air travel. As anyone who’s ever overcooked a bag of microwave popcorn knows, the smell tends to linger for quite some time and the popping sound may be a bit unsettling with today’s security concerns top of mind for most travelers. Packaged popcorn may have already started to climb aboard in-flight menus, but will we ever see the day where popcorn is actually popped on airplanes? Sadly, the answer appears to be no. Internationally, British budget carrier easyJet has partnered with UK artisanal brand Joe & Seph’s to offer gourmet handcrafted popcorn that’s 100 percent natural, with a rotating menu of boundary-pushing flavors like Camembert cheese and orange marmalade. ![]() Virgin America touts two varieties of low-cal air-popped popcorn, while United has had so much success with its organic Buddha Bowl popcorn in economy class that the airline will soon be rolling it out to its premium short-haul customers, too. Since 2011, annual popcorn sales have steadily risen and now total more than a billion pounds, which explains why airlines are happily jumping on the popcorn bandwagon as the next big in-flight snack.Ī quick survey of onboard menus shows popcorn taking hold all over the globe. In the United States alone, popcorn has grown so popular that over 10 gallons are consumed per person every year. Gluten-free, low-calorie and infinitely crave-worthy, popcorn has been satisfying snackers since its appearance at carnivals and fairs in the mid-1800s. While you won’t find potato chips on many diets, there’s one snack food that somehow gets away with seeming like a total indulgence while also getting approval from fitness fanatics: popcorn. This story was originally published in the March/April issue of APEX Experience magazine.
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