Georgia Nataraj is a 14-year-old girl who enjoys competitive swimming, piano, and reading. She and her family of six had a vacation planned for next February to travel to Mexico, but her parents were surprised when they saw WestJet has asked them to cancel their tickets due to a policy change.

Richard Nataraj, Georgia’s dad, says they have never run into this issue. Georgia and her family usually go on a vacation once a year for the last six years, the last one as recent as April of this year.

The new policy doesn’t allow wheelchairs over 300 pounds on an airplane. Georgia’s is approximately 430 pounds. Richard Nataraj said WestJet’s reasoning as to why they are implementing this policy is because of safety risks, however they have not provided any documentation as to what the safe

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