They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’

    Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines; ‘That’s some good healing right there!’

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    There were 25 wheelchair passengers on a recent flight out of Guadalajara’s airport.
    There were 25 wheelchair passengers on a recent flight out of Guadalajara’s airport. Carlos Gomez

    When Carlos Gomez’s recent flight from Guadalajara was delayed, he asked a gate attendant why. It wasn’t weather or crew shortages. There were 25 wheelchair passengers holding up boarding. 

    There were no such delays when Gomez’s flight landed. Most of the same passengers stood up without assistance and bounded off toward the baggage claim. 

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