As far as I know only Heathrow and Manchester airports have the barrier systems.

Is he / they on about facilities for WAV's or drop off / pick up factilities for taxis on 'private' contracts?

From what I can gather the advice is that an extra cost shouldn't be added to the fare if a taxi is used.

So if a driver has to put on, say, a pound, due to the barrier costing a pound, then that's an extra charge for being disabled.

Now it could be argued that that extra charge would also apply to able bodied folks, but those able bodied folks can use the train, bus, walk etc. That isn't always available to WAV folks.

I would suggest the extra charge is applicable to all......

Heathrow has a choice of easy access transport options from the Heathrow Express, The tube from T4, to a million low floor buses and of course Taxis.

Scrap the charge for us to use the Airports, Stations and Ports . . . now there's one for the GMB to concentrate on.

Now it could be argued that that extra charge would also apply to able bodied folks, but those able bodied folks can use the train, bus, walk etc. That isn't always available to WAV folks.

I don't quite get this - without wanting to state the obvious, surely the charge doesn't discriminate between the disabled and the able-bodied?

The way I think the DDA is interpreted is that disabled shouldn't be treated equally, but better, due to their circumstances. In the same way the mush didn't have to pay for his spare legs on a plane recently.