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A paraplegic Australian man was reduced to feeling 'subhuman' when he had to be lifted by three people into a Jetstar plane before a flight.
Brad Wszola was trying to board a flight from Darwin to Cairns after spending his 50th birthday in the Northern Territory when he was told he couldn't use his wheelchair to board because there was no ramp.
Mr Wszola's wife Jenny told Daily Mail Australia the 'demoralizing' experience left him feeling 'like a second class citizen'.
A paraplegic Australian man was reduced to feeling 'subhuman' when he had to be lifted by three people into a Jetstar plane before a flight. Pictured, Brad Wszola tries to transfer himself from Darwin Airport's chair into his own wheelchair at baggage claim
Ms Wszola sought an explanation in writing and after 29 emails to Darwin Airport and Jetstar she was told there was no ramp because it was a low-cost airline
'He was actually seated in an aisle chair and three of us lifted him into the plane. It was unsafe for him, unsafe for staff, unsafe for me.
Ms Wszola sought an explanation in writing and after 29 emails to Darwin Airport and Jetstar, she was told there was no ramp because it was a low-cost airline.
'Jetstar’s operational requirements as a low fares airline, together with our safety and
