GUIDELINES FOR AIRCRAFT BOARDING CHAIRS: A TECHNICAL PAPER ON THE DESIGN OF CHAIRS USED PRIMARILY FOR ENPLANING AND DEPLANING PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PASSENGERS

The ATBCB has received reports of accidents and near-accidents involving aircraft boarding chairs, chairs used primarily for enplaning and deplaning physically disabled air travelers. The Board contracted with a human-factors research firm to study the problems and develop guidelines for safer and more usable chairs. The research determined that the problems were a combination of design of current chairs coupled with inadequate or improper training. The technical paper presents guidelines for the design of safer and more effective boarding chairs and identifies the elements of a proper training program. It is intended to provide guidance primarily to purchasers, designers, and manufacturers of boarding chairs.

• Record URL:
  • https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/docs/T10.html
• Corporate Authors:

  American Institutes for Research

  1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20007-3835
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Pagination: 75 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Boarding; Guidelines; Persons with disabilities; Physical disabilities; Wheelchair lifts; Wheelchairs
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494326
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM