Air Canada. (Duly Noted).

0 Comments | Alberta Report, April, 2002

A University of Toronto professor is suing Air Canada for $1 million, claiming that the airline discriminated against him because he is a cyborg. The term derives from "cybernetic organism" and refers to a human being with robotic or electronic enhancements. When Steve Mann tried to board a flight decked out in computerized eyeglasses, a helmet and various other techno-accoutrements, he was told he could not board.

He said he could not remove the computers for medical reasons, came back the next day with a doctor's note and was subjected to a search of the equipment so gruelling he says he ended up in a wheelchair. Hey, wouldn't a proper cyborg already have wheels? In fact, why does this guy even need an airplane?