Over the past few weeks we have worked hard to rally together after American Airlines announced a new discriminatory policy that banned wheelchairs weighing more than 300lbs from their aircrafts. Within 3 weeks we collected over 8,470 signatures, shared comments and stories of our collective outrage, and created significant amplification on social media. Today we are celebrating victory. American Airlines has officially reversed their policy - ending the weight limit - and released the following statement: "After close consultation with our safety team and our aircraft manufacturer partners, we’ve eliminated the conservative weight limits that temporarily impacted our ability to carry some mobility devices and wheelchairs on our smaller, regional aircraft. Those limits have been replaced with guidelines, approved and reviewed by the FAA, that better reflect the ability of the cargo floor to support mobility devices and wheelchairs based on their distributed weight. We’re confident that the modifications we’ve made will allow us to safely accommodate customers’ wheelchairs and mobility devices on all of our aircraft. We apologize for the confusion this has caused, and we value the feedback and outreach we’ve received from our community partners and customers in recent weeks. We are committed to learning from this as we redouble our focus on improving the travel experience for our customers with disabilities." A huge thank you to every single person who signed and shared this petition. It is moments like this that truly demonstrate how powerful the disability community can be when we work together to end discriminatory and ableist practices! Also, a big thank you to John Morris who first raised this issue after being denied from taking a flight in October, and to Joe Shapiro at NPR for making the story public. We did it!