# Moving walkways in airports **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-in-airports/985087 "2023-06-06T04:40:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 82
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-in-airports/985087/82 "2023-06-07T21:00:50Z")
> [@Leo\_Krupe](#): > > What a dick. Seinfeld is a jerk with his sneering “joke” about people on carts, but there is a _grain_ of truth there. It’s not as though the airlines are asking for proof of disability, and just like service animals, that means widespread abuse of the system is a certainty. I recall there was a prior thread in which @LSLGuy commented that the miraculous healing power of air travel is a well known phenomenon in the industry. On virtually every flight, a significant proportion the wheelchairs waiting at the destination (the same number as those requested for boarding) are not used. ETA here: [Indians and airport wheelchairs - #9 by LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-and-airport-wheelchairs/975775/9) (nothing to do with the “Indians” aspect of the OP) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-in-airports/985087)._