Reading Tilt reminded me of when I worked for a Private Air Ambulance company at Stansted Airport - Part of our contract with one of the airlines there was to transport any of their passengers with reduced/no mobility to & from their aircraft seats. This obviously involved lifting and carrying. One regular event in the winter months involved plenty of repatriations due to skiing injuries - Those returning from Italy had the pleasure of flying in a small plane called a BAe146 - it takes about 100 people and they'd always be put at the back. The ambulance chair we'd use to maneuver the casualty from their seat to the wheelchair was too wide for the aisle so we'd have to carry them over the seats! When we'd get to the front of the plane if they had their leg in plaster we'd have to open the coat locker get them to shove their outstreched leg in the locker, stand one side of the galley and lierally drag the chair round to face the door - the so called "146 shuffle" - great fun till the passenger lost their sense of humour!