CLASSIFICATION AND CODIFICATION OF PRM’S

• MEDA – Medical case. Authorization and / or medical follow-up may be required. It does not apply to passengers who only require special assistance at the airport and during boarding and disembarking operations. It applies, preferably, to the following passengers: injured, cast, persons needing oxygen during flight, newborns in incubators, etc.;
• STCR – Passengers transported in stretchers;
• WCHR – Wheelchair - R for ramp. Passengers can go up and down stairs and walk to and from their seats, but need a wheelchair to move at greater distances (by ramp, boarding bridge, etc.);
• WCHS –Wheelchair - S for steps. The passenger cannot go up or down stairs, but can walk to and from his seat, but needs a wheelchair to move at greater distances (by ramp, boarding point, etc.). He needs adequate equipment to board or disembark when the aircraft is parked on the ramp;
• WCHC – Wheelchair - C for cabin seat. The passenger who cannot get around. He needs a wheelchair to move to the aircraft and to and from his seat and proper equipment to board and disembark when the aircraft is parked on the ramp;
• WCBD – Dry battery powered wheelchair;
• WCBW – Wet battery powered wheelchair;
• MAAS – (meet and assist) – Special cases. Passengers who require special individual attention during boarding and disembarkation operations which are normally not provided to other passengers. They are the following: pregnant, nursing, convalescent, elderly, people accompanied by children, etc.;
• BLND – Passenger with visual impairment (may be accompanied by animal, trained dog to assist);
• DEAF – Passenger with hearing impairment (may be accompanied by trained dogs for assistance);
• INF – Infant;
• OXYG – Oxygen for traveling passengers, both sitting and on stretchers, requiring oxygen during flight.