Chris Wooden MBE, Founding father of Flying Disabled and member of the Air 4 All consortium, not too long ago spoke with me about his group’s new airplane seating system that may enable energy wheelchairs to be secured within the plane cabin.

Previous to our dialog, Chris remarked that “Air 4 All is the primary system that has been developed collectively by a design company, a certification physique and with enter from the disabled neighborhood. With a number one world wheelchair producer in addition to the subsidiary of a significant airline on board to develop the product, it’s a really collaborative mission. We’re actively working with all the required events, together with preliminary discussions with a number of the key Nationwide Aviation Authorities, to make sure our answer is harmonised and match for objective, thus considerably bettering the journey expertise for severely disabled passengers.”

To observe my dialog with Chris Wooden, see the video interview on Fb or click on play beneath.

WheelchairTravel.org will proceed to report on updates to the Air 4 All seating system, and we hope to get a primary look as soon as the prototype is prepared for for testing and, hopefully, for set up on a industrial plane.