how about this rule

[opalred]

i went to china so wife could feel snow

a 4half hr flight

on getting on airline on the return i tripped on the step to the plane

maybe because i had 4pr pants on and 3socks as extreme cold

i broke a ankle i have done in past so could see what was wrong

on sitting removed shoe as swelling very quick

i asked hostee if i could sit in empty seats in front to put leg up after showing her what happened

reply you have to pay extra to sit there

after seat belt sign off went to front to see hostess if i could get bandage to strap ankle to stop pain

REPLY we have to have a dr to open medical kit

we are only allowed to give you 2pain tablets after4hostess said it looks broken and painfull

i said can i sit here in empty seats and put leg up

reply no you have io pay extra io stay here

SO I LEARN

if you hit head in air turb and bleeding you are only allowed 2pain tabs unless can find a dr at30000ft

if you crash and have broken legs you can have 2patn tabs to walk to near town to get dr to open

MEDICAL KIT

if you crash in sea where would you find a dr to open medical kit

ITS OK YOU HAVE 2PAIN TABS

[TooPoopedToPop]

Your whole experience sounds incredible.

What airline was it?

Were you given compensation of any kind?

[cyberfarang]

Did you have travel insurance to cover you for accidents? Because it`s not the airline`s responsibility to facilitate people that have not yet boarded their flights. When you broke your ankle embarking on the plane, you should have gone to seek professional medical attention. The staff were right not to offer aid for your injury because without medical experience and they make matters worse, they could be held liable and even sued by you.

I am sure that if requested the staff would have assisted with transportation to a hospital and then made arrangements to catch a later flight. Sorry for your bad luck, but the airline was not acting out of order.

[uksomchai]

I'm sorry but just how is the airline responsible for your accident in boarding their airplane ? I would also put it to you that if you can wonder about the plane asking for a better seat and bandages etc you haven't BROKEN your ankle but sprained it. badly sprained granted but not broken. People do not walk about a moving plane with a broken ankle in my experience

I would also put it to you that as you were wearing 3 pairs of socks already a bandage would have done little to help

[mauGR1]

Sorry to hear about your misfortune, i wonder, was the ankle broken, really ?

[sunnyjim5]

The ankle was encased in 3 pairs of socks and 4 air hostesses used their renowned orthopaedic skill and knowledge to pronounce the OP's ankle to be broken ?

Really ?

If the OP had newly "broken ankle" he was obviously unfit to fly and should have been removed from the flight prior to takeoff.

I have heard of some of the scams people employ to better their seating arrangements on aircraft but this one is original !