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This rulemaking would amend 14 CFR part 382 to enhance the safety of air travel for individuals with disabilities who use wheelchairs. Specifically, this rulemaking would: (1) clarify that an airline's current regulatory obligation to provide individuals with disabilities connecting, enplaning, and deplaning assistance, upon request, inherently includes the obligation that the assistance provided be safe;” (2) make airline mishandling of assistive devices a per se regulatory violation subject to administrative penalties; and (3) require airlines to provide hands-on training to their employees and contractors who physically assist passengers with mobility disabilities or handle battery-powered wheelchairs or scooters. This rulemaking would also address the topic of whether to amend 14 CFR part 382 to clarify airlines’ responsibility to provide prompt assistance to passengers with disabilities who request assistance in moving within the airport that was transferred from RIN 2105-AE95.